Homemade halloween costumes ideas (look or else) muhaha?
Courtney asked:
Comments are fine , but if you have nothing nice to say like em your better off putting a flower pot on ur head please don’t say it .. am not looking for ideas but you can post them for other people! ~.~
No….. am not THAT old.. lolm i just noticed how alot of people need halloween ideas , and they don’t have the money . So one weekend ( i was in school so one weekend ) i just did this for fun!
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Can I use craft clay as clay bar?
Explosion Dude asked:
I read on this forum that you can use craft clay as a clay bar. Can anyone give me reasons not to?
Posts made by carguy123:
“Clay is great, but you don’t need to spend megabucks on the kits, do it the Grassroots way!
Go to your local craft store or even the craft department of Wal Mart and buy a package of their synthetic clay. It usually comes in a package of colored strips. Now you have a large amount of clay so you can make a good hand sized wad that is much easier to work with than those stingy little balls they give you with the kits.
The liquid that comes in the kits is simply a detergent/water mix to make it slippery. You can use a car wash/water mix or a Dawn dishwashing soap/water mix. I prefer Dawn. The experts recommend washing with Dawn occasionally to strip the old wax anyway.
This will give you several clay kits for quite a bit less than the cost of just one of the Automotive kits. It works great! I’ve done it this way for years and my cars look great.
You are supposed to rework the clay occasionally to work the contaminants into the clay ball and keep them off the surface so they don’t scratch the paint. That is so much easier when you have a large wad of clay than one of those teeny little balls like comes with the kits.
If you drop your ball on the ground, with the expensive kit that comes with only one ball you have to take the time to pick all the little pieces of dirt and grass out and hope you’ve got all the grit out, with the cheap stuff you just toss it.
When you use clay sometimes little bits will adhere to the car and they can be a bugger to get off. This usually happens when you’ve hit too dry of a spot, an extra dirty spot or over a seam. I like to use a contrasting color clay so that it is easy to spot and I can go back over that spot with the bar until I have all the clay off the car.”
“A little update on clays. It seems there has been a shake up in the clay industry :p Several salespeople at the different craft stores I visited said they were no longer able to get all the different clays they used to get. They can’t get the polymer enhanced clay (what I thought was synth). What’s left is a wax based clay, which is exactly the clay you want!
The only reason I liked the Polymer stuff was that it was softer especially in cold weather.
So what you are looking for is a non hardening & reusable wax based modeling clay. I found it at every store I visited. It was always hidden in the crafts section and not in the toy dept. It comes in 2 different color ranges - primary colors and earth tones. You want a color that is different than the color of your car so that you can easily see when little clay pieces have stuck to the body. This is a clue you aren’t using enough lube or that you have an exceptionally rough area that needs more attention.
Little specks of clay left on the car wreck havoc with your waxing as when you wax over them they spread out and leave dull areas on the finish. So being able to use a contrasting color clay makes your job much faster and easier.
I ended up spending $1.97 for enough to do 5 clay treatments. Now I could store the clay and reuse it as the Clay kits suggest and get 10 or more cleanings, but why?!
Also I’ve got big, meaty, hand sized chunks of clay instead of the silly putty size pieces that come in the expensive kits. This makes the work go much faster, you are less likely to drop the clay and it means the clay won’t fill up with contaminants as fast.
So let me see… $18 for Mothers and I can do a car 1-2 times or $1.97 + $ .50 for lube and I can do a minimum of 5 times in less than half the time. Well the choice is obvious, I’m going to spend the $18 because it must be better since it costs more!
I mentioned on a previous post about grit in some clays. Someone else mentioned that clay is supposed to lift the dirt out of the finish and not be a polisher. Be warned some clays are polishers! See the link below. http://www.topoftheline.com/auto-detail-clay.html
If you need a polisher, like to clear up the crazing on your headlight covers or take off overspray buy one of the automotive clays with grit in the clay. If all you want is to clean up your car finish use the modeling clay which has no grit added. I wonder if this would work to help clear up the faded plastic back glass in convertibles?”
Original URL:
http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/grm/ever-use-a-clay-bar/1646/page1/
P.S. On page 2, there is a guy who posted pictures of his results.
Sorry bout the long question, but basically it all says that a guy suggests using wax-based modeling clay as a clay bar alternative.
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Hey crafters! Do you keep your crafting supplies in their original packages?
crafty asked:
I have a really cute spice rack with pretty little glass jars and I was thinking about putting my little craft supplies in them- things like brads, eyelets, jewels- you know, all the fun stuff. However, I’m wondering if it would actually be better to leave them in their original packages which are smaller and more compact. On the one hand, I will be able to see what I have a little better, but on the other hand, storing them in jars will take up more room. What do you think? Any suggestions would be great! Thanks!
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Any reviews on the Sonare` SF6BGF or Sonare` flutes in general?
HoTbOd sWiMmeR asked:
I’m an intermediate 7th grade flautist and I’m getting ready to buy a new flute. I went to a music store and played a few different brands, but I really like the sounds on all the registers of the flute, plus it helped that I found a place to postition where I was in tune. I wanted to know if anyone had any
comments on Sonare` flutes in general, and it wouldn’t be wonderful if you knew about the SF6BGF model specifically. Thanks! (It has a solid silver hand-crafted Powell headjoint, silver-plated body, in line G keys, open hole, and B foot if you don’t know it by the model name!)
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My sister has a white furniture/shabbychic store but needs help to bring in business, How should we advertise?
mechanicalvalve asked:
THe store is probablly 25 years old. They started with basic crafts but now do french country shabby chic mostly white but other colrs as well and upholstery. Hand made benches shelves morrors candle canloperas chandeliers etc. but she needs help reviving things. Our father is a furn manufacturer and makes us frames. Can anyonle help our family with good advice?
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I am looking for plastic clown (or hobo) hands (approx 2″) and feet (approx 1 1/2″). Where can I order some?
liddy asked:
The nails on both are painted red. Craft stores in my area are gone; I was buying online but they are no longer available. Does anyone know who makes these? Thanks!
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Do you live in or go to school in State College PA? If so, I need your help?
giovgem asked:
I would like to start a boutique there selling unique hand-crafted jewelry. I would also carry unique beads and jewelry making kits. Where is the best place in this town to rent retail space where a store like this would be successful?
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Home Business,,?
SareBare asked:
I just started on online business on ebay and I havnt had many buyers. Any ideas on ways to better promote my product?
By the way, the name of my store is “Changing With the Season’s”, which is complete with hand crafted gifts by me(for anyone interested visit my store on www.ebay.com). I make holiday crafts and decor that accents every holiday and season!!
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Does anyone know where I can get halloween molds?
atrocioustulip asked:
I am looking for some cool halloween molds for a party. I saw some molds on the internet where they used jello to make hands and brains. I am looking for something similar to this. Does anyone know what kind of stores would carry these molds? I was thinking Hobby Lobby or a craft store but when I searched I didn’t find anything.
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How can I tell if my folding fan is Japanese or Chinese? Is it authentic?
Naya asked:
I recently purchased a folding fan, still in box, from a thrift store. The box itself has a sticker on the front and one on the side, but the characters are of an Oriental language. So, I can’t read them. Once fully opened, the scene on the fan itself is of 2 koi-fish, or carp(I’m not sure which), and there is also what appears to be some kind of trademark stamped on it, with some characters written out next to it. The scene is beautifully done, whether printed on or painted. There are 19 ribs, including the wider ribs on either end, that look to be bamboo, and they are painted or varnished in a lovely dark color. I can’t tell whether or not this is an authentic hand-crafted piece, or if it is just your run-of-the-mill mass-produced tourist souvenier. I’d love to know, whether or not it’s authentic, and perhaps if it is, whether or not it’s an antique. Thanks so much! 
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