forgot to mention that you go to Wal mart or wherever and get two of those wire bristled kitty or doggie brushes.
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Joyce Westphal <[email protected]>wrote: > That is a lot of work..there's a much simpler way and no waiting for it to > dry. Take your yarn, synthetics and put that with pinches of the flash, > hair, whatever you want to mix on one brush. Rub the other brush against it, > like old fashioned wool cards. It takes a few minutes of rubbing the dubbing > makings back and forth between the brushes, and voila! perfect dubbing ready > to use. Surely beats the water method and the mess that brings. I'd never go > back to the messy, sloppy water method. Don't mean to rain on your parade, > but this way is SO much easier and simpler. Joyce > > > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Don Ordes <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I just tried something that worked well. Has anyone else done this? >> Beats getting dubbing in my espresso via my coffee grinder. I found one >> hit on the internnet so it is not novel, but I also don't think it is as >> common as the coffee grinder method. >> >> I needed to blend some rabbit-dubbing with some ice-dub, flash dub, & >> quick descent. I needed a good blend and no lumps in the blend. So I >> filled up a tupperware dish about the size of a coffee-cup with hot >> tap-water. I added the rabbit dubbing and then chopped up the other 3 >> dubbings over the container. >> >> I stirred until everything broke up and was a well blended soup, than I >> drained almost all of the water out, leaving the dubbing. I stirred it one >> more time to make sure the quick-descent was mixed in, then I poured it all >> out through a paper towel to strain it and then used the paper towel to soak >> up all of the extra water. >> >> The result was a damp glob of well-blended hilited part-natural dubbing. >> Working with it damp gave me a very tight well-defined segment. But I'm >> letting the rest dry so I can fluff it a bit and tie some fuzzy hares ears >> that have cool colors mixed in with the rabbit. These colors will >> accentuate the segments more and give the fly some flash in place of the >> gold rib, which always get bitten loose. >> >> DonO >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" >> group. >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en >> >> VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
