Flocking....

[Piggy]

I have made a number of enquiries with companies...

unfortunately the cheapest are miles and miles away and courier price would double the job price...
close unit to me does it...they want £200+vat JUST for the dash

so....anyone know of reasonably priced places south midlands, gloucs, wiltshire, warwickshire, worcestershire areas??

and secondly...I am seriously looking into a flocking kit...a electrostatic small kit to do it meself.

If I did and with practice got a fine finish...would there be any interest in parts being done on here??....

thinking generally easy to send small parts??

[Matt]

If you bought your own gear I'd want a few parts done

[Piggy]

what would people expect to pay? I aint looking to be a millionaire...just want to know I could cover the costs

[Matt]

Any idea on what the costs of doing peices would be?
If it was me I'd look at what it cost to actually do items + postage. Then add £5/10 on top.
That way it will work out quite cheap IMO and probably get a fair few people wanting it done

[Slam Wagon]

Possible interest for a few bits doing. Im sure i know a few people that would be after some more if its a good price

[Pompey306mark]

Good luck with postage mate, you will end up with a load of returns.

Flocking is easily crushed. You can't use bubble wrap as that leaves circular imprints in the flocking.

Here is what I paid for mine.
Dash £85 including glovebox and fuse cover.
ABC pillar and roof handles. £65
Lower console and floor surround £40.
Centre fascia, and vents £25.

Something along those lines. He has a full pricelist on his site.

[Piggy]

thats mega cheap...where is this guy and his site??

can post without too much bother little parts...time to allow to cure that people forget

[Pompey306mark]

He is down here is portsmouth/ gosport.

And it's nothing to do with curing, it's not like paint that does hard. It's a material and with a bit of pressure it marks. Best way to remove the marks is with steam and a tooth brush.

[Piggy]

yeah i know what it is...but theres still curing needed depending on the adhesive used....some take an hour...others 10-12

[jay5488]

yeah i know what it is...but theres still curing needed depending on the adhesive used....some take an hour...others 10-12

My mate does flocking... sure he said around £150 for a dash... no vat!!!

[Piggy]

thats still £65 more than the chap mentioned above....and I can buy a decent small kit for that and make me money back doing odd bits for others

[jay5488]

thats still £65 more than the chap mentioned above....and I can buy a decent small kit for that and make me money back doing odd bits for others

yeah, I know its not cheap, however I know he spent ages
getting the correct adhesive for it, never had one peel yet and he supplies
for a lot of rally cars..... road cars is just a sideline, he also has a flow bench
and can re cut valve seats lightening balancing etc etc...

[Piggy]

right...yeah Im ok on the valves...just curious about flocking!

[Matt]

Crack on and buy your own

[Piggy]

yeah once I sold some more parts I will be

[Matt]

Goo to hear

[Y444TES]

I bought a flocking kit from frost auto restorations near me and it did a really good job everyone who saw it said it looked really good and the kit was only £18.50 I thought it was worth a go.

[Matt]

£18.50 ?! Christ even if give it ago for the lols

[Piggy]

was that just a glue and puff kit??

Im looking at a electrostatic jobby...gets the nylon flock particles to stand on end as they should...better feel, more even coverage and lasts longer

[Curt]

I've heard not so good things about the cheapo kits

[Y444TES]

This is the kit I had I bought an extra bag of flock to cover everything I just took my time and made sure it was well covered.
http://www.frost.co.uk/interior-trim/flo...m-kit.html

[Piggy]

yeah if its just a dust/blow onto an adhesive its not as good as the charged stuff obviously.

but to be honest...£200 or £20...if it aint a show car, who cares if its not quite as good?!

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This is the kit I had I bought an extra bag of flock to cover everything I just took my time and made sure it was well covered.
http://www.frost.co.uk/interior-trim/flo...m-kit.html

I'll be using them for adhesives and flocking material but using a electrostatic tool to apply it.

I'll also be getting the fire proof adhesive rather than just general modeling flocking glue

[Y444TES]

It's not as good as the charged flocking but like you say it's not cheap i do like flocking just go for the best you can afford I only bought that kit because I had a spare dash and I don't like paying for other people to do stuff I think I can do haha.

[darrenjlobb]

Forgive me for being the dumb arse here...but what exactly is the point in this flocking? Is it just literally a cosmetic thing? Looks like a bit of a farce to keep looking right / I dont even see how it looks that good?! lol

[declantg]

I thought it was to stop dash glare in rally? Or am I waaaaay off

[Alee83]

I thought it was to stop dash glare in rally? Or am I waaaaay off

Spot on...!

[declantg]

[Piggy]

yeah few benefits....

looks ace
stops glare
looks ace

[Curt]

When done properly it's actually really versatile and hard wearing, seen a few flocked rocker covers. Wouldn't do it my self, but the used one I saw or sale still looked good

[declantg]

When I get a spare £20 I'm going to give that kit a go