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I'm in need of some FE - Todds costumes requires a minimum purchase of $5 and I don't need more than one bottle of the stuff.
If anyone has any extra tha they can share, PM me and we can work out a deal.
I've read that the best way to apply it is by pouncing it on through a sock. I was wondering how to achive the built-up look we see around the ribbon. Since this area is more concentrated, would a soft brush do the trick?

Looks like I will have to buy two containers of it - but the good news is, I will be able to share my extra FE with members here who need some.

I end up telling folk asking about fullers earth this eventually. Many choose to not believe me.

One very cheap source for fullers earth is cat litter. The cheap chalky stone type stuff. Get a bag (unscented), grind it up in a mortar and pestle and you will have more movie dust than you know what to do with.

Check the ingredients, sometimes it will even say fullers earth on the bag.

I use a makeup brush to apply the stuff, and then beat out the excess to help blend it as I apply it. It works out pretty well.

We have some cat litter (though the box does not say Fullers Earth anywhere) it is the kind that is the plain rocks. I tried grinding some up and pouncing it on the hat. It comes off the felt very easily. I had read somewhere that it should stick on and not come off unless you get a reblocking.

Just priced some Mortar and Pestle sets.
For the price I would pay for one of the cheap sets, I might as well just buy two containers of Todd's FE. Even with shipping cost, I would be spending less than if I bought a Mortar and pestle and did it myself.

You can grind it with anything really! A rolling pin in a tin can perhaps? A hammer on a brick? Dollar store mortar?

For kitchen prep stuff, I routinely put stuff in a big ziplock bag and use a rolling pin to grind it up.
Works great. It should work fine with the CL.
(Of course, I have my old italian grandmothers rolling pin that weighs a ton...)

Fullers Earth is nothing more than Bentonite Clay.

If you can't find 'Fuller's Earth' look for Bentonite Clay.

Without a Mortar and Pestle, I have been unable to grind the FE rocks down to a fine enough powder that will really stick to my hat - thankfully, I found an ebay listing for a 4oz bag of FE powder for pretty cheap so I went ahead and bought that.
I will post some photos once I get it and how it looks on my Henry.

generalFROSTY wrote:Without a Mortar and Pestle, I have been unable to grind the FE rocks down to a fine enough powder that will really stick to my hat - thankfully, I found an ebay listing for a 4oz bag of FE powder for pretty cheap so I went ahead and bought that.
I will post some photos once I get it and how it looks on my Henry.

try a little coffee grinder that will make anything into powder

And your coffee taste like dirt.

I dumped a bagful into my blender and used the ice crusher setting. Worked like a charm. Careful opening the lid, the finest particles shoot up into the air. Also don't accept a Margarita if I offer you one.

I asked this on a different thread, but a quick question about using fullers earth. If I dump it on, say, my hat and pants and such, how tough is it going to be to get the stuff off if I want to actually wear the pants (or the hat) for non-costume purposes? The hat isn't as big a deal as the pants are, seeing as how I sometimes wear them to work. Just throw them in the laundry and they'll come out clean, or are their special considerations I should be aware of?

FaustianSlip wrote:I asked this on a different thread, but a quick question about using fullers earth. If I dump it on, say, my hat and pants and such, how tough is it going to be to get the stuff off if I want to actually wear the pants (or the hat) for non-costume purposes? The hat isn't as big a deal as the pants are, seeing as how I sometimes wear them to work. Just throw them in the laundry and they'll come out clean, or are their special considerations I should be aware of?

Fullers earth is...well.....earth. Have you ever gotten mud on your clothes? When you get Fullers Earth wet, it turns to mud. I've never had a problem washing it out, but I would recommend a rinse first, so that you don't get mud in your washing machine.

Bentonite clay can be found at any wine making supply store. It's used as a wine clarifying agent.

more precisely Calcium Bentonite (there are different kinds of bentonite)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuller's_earth

http://www.google.com/products/catalog? ... scoring=tp