This was an old way to blend dubbing less the softener. A bit messy but it worked. Tony
--- On Wed, 12/30/09, mel hocken <softhac...@shaw.ca> wrote: From: mel hocken <softhac...@shaw.ca> Subject: Re: [VFB] blending dubbing To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 5:28 PM DonO I used to blend dubbing in a friut jar. Along with the water and dubbing to be blended I used to add a pinch of fabric softener. This would allow the fibers of the dubbing to slid a bit more freely allowing the dubbing to blend thoroughly. Just close the lid and shack the heck out of it. Rinse well and let dry. Happy New Year Mel ----- Original Message ----- From: Don Ordes To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 2:59 PM Subject: [VFB] blending dubbing 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 vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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
