Pounce Bag & Fullers Earth = Awsome!
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Pounce Bag & Fullers Earth = Awsome!
I bought some natural fullers earth and made a pounce bag out of an old t-shirt. Just dumped some fullers into the center of an approxamatly 12"x8" piece of the T-shirt and folded it and tied it up to make a little bag, so the only way it'll come out is through the cloth. (loose weave)
I patted it on my jacket and it works great! Fullers earth sticks amazingly well to the leather. You can just brush it off. You have to get a wet towel or something.
This is an easy way to "distress" your jacket and be able to undo the distressed look if you want to.
Only down side it it was rather expensive stuff. (about $20 shipped for a pound of fullers earth)
I patted it on my jacket and it works great! Fullers earth sticks amazingly well to the leather. You can just brush it off. You have to get a wet towel or something.
This is an easy way to "distress" your jacket and be able to undo the distressed look if you want to.
Only down side it it was rather expensive stuff. (about $20 shipped for a pound of fullers earth)
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Yep, that's where I got mine. I also found this place.
http://www.wardrobesupplies.com/store/m2_agepowder.html
You can buy the bag and fullers there if you don't feel like making the pounce bag.
http://www.wardrobesupplies.com/store/m2_agepowder.html
You can buy the bag and fullers there if you don't feel like making the pounce bag.
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Heh I wont, but if I ever end up with enough money, I'm DEFINATLY gonna try and create a screen acurate Tanis Digsite in a room of my house... or if I get the snakes maybe a Well of the Souls...IndyDoc wrote:Riverwind wrote:Indiana Jerry wrote:Ooh...the 50 lb. bag is a good bulk buy...
Yeah, I went ahead and bought 600 lbs of the stuff just in case...Never know when you might want to distress the whole house!
Yes, I'm recreating THE SAHRA in my living room! I'll take two.
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I just used an old t-shirt. It seems to work. Maybe a dark color if you want to see how much is coming through. I also read those shop rags you can buy at the store work well too. (Assuming they don't have anything else on them.) I think they are basicly the same as t-shirts though.I bought some natural fullers earth and made a pounce bag out of an old t-shirt.
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I have a great source of dirt, and it's free (my backyard)!
I have trouble keeping the stuff off my gear. My boots are pretty much continuously covered with dust. Every time I put a treatment on them, it only lasts until the next time I step out into my yard. Actually, everything around here is pretty much continually covered in dust, the furniture, the floor, my truck.... Drives Mrs. Mojave nuts trying to keep the house clean.
What exactly is Fullers Earth, and how is it different from regular dirt?
I have trouble keeping the stuff off my gear. My boots are pretty much continuously covered with dust. Every time I put a treatment on them, it only lasts until the next time I step out into my yard. Actually, everything around here is pretty much continually covered in dust, the furniture, the floor, my truck.... Drives Mrs. Mojave nuts trying to keep the house clean.
What exactly is Fullers Earth, and how is it different from regular dirt?
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It's just really clean clay.
"Fuller’s Earth is a naturally occurring sedimentary clay composed mainly of alumina, silica, iron oxides, lime, magnesia, and water, in extremely variable proportions."
I did a web trawl apparently some mechanics use it to clean up oil spills.... maybe this is another much cheaper source!
http://www.mountainroseherbs.com/learn/fullers.php
"Fuller’s Earth is a naturally occurring sedimentary clay composed mainly of alumina, silica, iron oxides, lime, magnesia, and water, in extremely variable proportions."
I did a web trawl apparently some mechanics use it to clean up oil spills.... maybe this is another much cheaper source!
http://www.mountainroseherbs.com/learn/fullers.php
It is like wheat flour in appearance. If you oversaturate it, it gets muddy. The stuff I have does anyways.IndyDoc wrote:I don't really know exactly. I've heard it's processed dirt, I've heard it's not real dirt, and I've heard it won't turn to mud if you get it wet. I know it's really fine though. Very dusty.
I also use that for soaking up environmental spills as well, although the stuff for that use is a lot larger and coarser in size.
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I don't think 20 bucks is that bad, seeing as how I got 3 pounds of Fuller's from Cine Shoppe. It comes in this jug. I mean, sheesh. How long will that last? A while! I guess I'm just one of those people that is OK with paying more for something if I know exactly where I am getting it from and exactly what it is before I buy.
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Yes, the clay kitty litter is the same stuff, you just have to get past that mental block thing that you are putting KITTY LITTER on your gear!Fletch wrote:I just bought simple generic cat litter and ground it up with a morter and pestle and get a great effect. It is just comprised of small clay chips and when pulverized is grey/tan in color. Anyway, likely the same stuff and cheaper and local too!
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That along with the fact that you never usually know what kind of litter you are getting until you open the bag. The white gravelly stuff isn't right nor the compressed sawdust. (I have 2 cats lol).
Yep, my friend in FX school told me it was the same and that is why I went out and bought it. Be sure to get the clay chip kind with no scent or extra absorbancy additives. I think I got a 3 pound bag for like 3 bucks or something like that last year. It just so happened to be the cheap generic stuff. Just for the do it yourselfers who are impatient like me
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From 'past experience' (when we used to OWN a cat), I believe the only plain clay-nothing-added litter is Hartz cat litter in the orange bag. Just about everything else I've seen has scent, or additives.
I only know this from past experience in purchasing product for our now deceased cat's needs, as well as I've found it interesting to read how many folks go through all the efforts of dusting themselves, their hats, and jackets that they paid hard earned money for with crushed cat litter.
No WONDER folks think our group is nuts.
Regards! Michaelson
I only know this from past experience in purchasing product for our now deceased cat's needs, as well as I've found it interesting to read how many folks go through all the efforts of dusting themselves, their hats, and jackets that they paid hard earned money for with crushed cat litter.
No WONDER folks think our group is nuts.
Regards! Michaelson
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I did that once for halloween. Never again, though. All the dogs in the neighborhood chased me down the street. I could barely hold them all off with my David Morgan. As I ran past, some kid shouted, " what are you, a lion tamer?"Michaelson wrote:From 'past experience' (when we used to OWN a cat), I believe the only plain clay-nothing-added litter is Hartz cat litter in the orange bag. Just about everything else I've seen has scent, or additives.
I only know this from past experience in purchasing product for our now deceased cat's needs, as well as I've found it interesting to read how many folks go through all the efforts of dusting themselves, their hats, and jackets that they paid hard earned money for with crushed cat litter.
No WONDER folks think our group is nuts.
Regards! Michaelson
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Okay, I gotta dumb question to ask, but here it goes: the other Fullers Earth that has dyes in it...some say it may stain. If it stains, then does it "stain" the same color as that particular color or does it happen to turn to some other color? For example, would it "bleach" a felt hat so-to-speak? Again, I know this is a weird question to ask ...
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I lay the Fuller's Earth on very heavy to ensure it gets into all the nooks and crannies. This is not an Indy hat but the principle is the same.
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