Making flock for the trees is going to be a breeze, but it will take some time to dry. I should have done this days ago, but in all honesty, forgot all about making it.
In a large mixing bowl (guys, ask before you take because this is going to stain whatever you use), mix the paint with 5 parts water. Put the lid on the bottle and put it a side for a later use. Waste not want not, right? You will need it later, promise!
Once you have that done, add in 3 cups of fine sawdust.
Start mixing. Keep going until you have no big clumps. If you still have clumps and everything is mixed together, add a LITTLE more sawdust. Once it's all mixed, line a board with wax paper. Place the sawdust on the wax paper and put it in a place that no one will mess with it (animals, ie cats can be a bane on this one). Now you let it dry. This can take up to 2 or 3 days depending on thin of a layer you put on the wax paper. Mine is pretty thick as I'm running out of room for all the projects I have going on at the moment. I'll check it every day for the next 3 days, stirring it up when I walk past it.
Start with a cheap bottle of acrylic paint. For this batch, I'm going to use a dark green.
In a large mixing bowl (guys, ask before you take because this is going to stain whatever you use), mix the paint with 5 parts water. Put the lid on the bottle and put it a side for a later use. Waste not want not, right? You will need it later, promise!Once you have that done, add in 3 cups of fine sawdust.
Start mixing. Keep going until you have no big clumps. If you still have clumps and everything is mixed together, add a LITTLE more sawdust. Once it's all mixed, line a board with wax paper. Place the sawdust on the wax paper and put it in a place that no one will mess with it (animals, ie cats can be a bane on this one). Now you let it dry. This can take up to 2 or 3 days depending on thin of a layer you put on the wax paper. Mine is pretty thick as I'm running out of room for all the projects I have going on at the moment. I'll check it every day for the next 3 days, stirring it up when I walk past it.
Once your sawdust is dry, take that empty bottle I told you to keep and fill it with water to give it some weight. Put your flock in a strainer (a good metal one, not a plastic one) and begin to sift the sawdust thru the strainer by using the water filled bottle.
Once you sift it, you will be left with odds and ends that wouldn't fit thru it. You can either pitch the remains or save it for use later. Sift it again using the same technique and your done. Why sift it twice? I found that by doing it twice, I remove all of the bigger pieces and am left with a much finer material.
Mission complete - dark green flock for trees that need to be flocked.
