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Old 26-09-2018, 08:01 PM   #1
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Default Flocking, yes flocking

anyone done this to their interior body panels, for the uneducated... clean up a dashboard or dash spear etc spray or paint on a glue spread your flocking material and when dry similar to velvet or velour.

just curious if anyone here has done same and any hints pitfalls etc
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Old 26-09-2018, 08:37 PM   #2
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Flocking hell.
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Old 26-09-2018, 09:10 PM   #3
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Is this what you do when someone tells you to get flocked.

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Old 26-09-2018, 09:11 PM   #4
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thats what we after, you do that
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Looks great.
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Old 26-09-2018, 09:23 PM   #6
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That'd be really easy to dust and keep clean.................not!
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Old 27-09-2018, 08:23 PM   #7
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so yes nice, I dont intend doing whole dash but some trim could be nice, any clues if any business does this or where to buy coloured flocking from in Australia?
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Old 27-09-2018, 08:43 PM   #8
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so yes nice, I dont intend doing whole dash but some trim could be nice, any clues if any business does this or where to buy coloured flocking from in Australia?
Possibly Newtown in Sydney?
Maybe better chance when the mardi-Gras on...
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Did someone just transport me back to 1980 ?
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Old 27-09-2018, 09:03 PM   #10
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Well I'll be flocked.... Looks COOL...
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Old 27-09-2018, 10:39 PM   #11
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Meet the Flockers!
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Old 27-09-2018, 11:26 PM   #12
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I prefer flock off.
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Old 28-09-2018, 07:24 AM   #13
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Flock that!! would be a nightmare to keep clean....

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Old 28-09-2018, 02:02 PM   #14
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It's tacky and hideous

in three words, Why, why, why?
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Old 28-09-2018, 06:59 PM   #15
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If it was April 1st i would understand this more.
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I'm flocking off right now!
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Old 29-09-2018, 07:21 AM   #17
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I flocked this a few years ago. Is a replica 6 dial dash in fibre which needed decorating. Hardy, no glare and not as hard to clean as I thought. (shown before car was repainted!)


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Default Re: Flocking, yes flocking

You can get diy kits off ebay.! I have been looking at it for my dash to stop glare
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Old 29-09-2018, 10:28 PM   #19
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https://www.timbecon.com.au/finishing/flocking
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Old 29-09-2018, 10:29 PM   #20
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To Flock. Or Not to Flock. That is the Flocking Question.
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