Possible to reflock?

[orangepeachmango]

hi there! I'm not planning on flocking any ponies soon but I got curious the other night, is it possible to reflock a deflocked pony? Or flock a pony that has never been flocked? Do you have any pictures of people who've done this!!!

If you could flock any pony which would you flock? I think majesty would look nice flocked..

[Galactica]

You can reflock but it will never look like factory flocked because of the way they add flocking in the factory and the length of the flocking they used in the 80s.

[Leave a Whisper]

Some people have. It doesn't look the same as a factory reflock

[orangepeachmango]

I wonder where hasbro got their flocking material/why it's so different than what's available on the market.

[Wardah]

It's doable for GI Joe's (Joe flocking looks to have a similar texture to So Softs) so I think it could be done. It's just difficult and requires a lot of research. There are people who actually have services to reflock Joes so I wonder if any of them might be willing to expand to ponies if they knew the demand was there.

[Blue Haired Ken Doll]

MEvintagetoys has a tutorial on youtube! Check her out!

[Leave a Whisper]

It's doable for GI Joe's (Joe flocking looks to have a similar texture to So Softs) so I think it could be done. It's just difficult and requires a lot of research. There are people who actually have services to reflock Joes so I wonder if any of them might be willing to expand to ponies if they knew the demand was there.

There are flocked GI Joes? 

[Galactica]

You can reflock with an elecrostatic gun- but again, the length of the flocking is different so I think it would not look like our vintage ponies.

Stuff just changes over the years. It's also impossible to find certain widths of yarn now (which I need for a custom project)

The GI Joes flocked with guns look better than they did- but kind of "pokey" if you know what I mean- like this guy flocked by clubhairforgijoe.com

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But if you liked this look- you could probably contact these guys and ask if they'd flock an entire pony ?

[Leave a Whisper]

You can reflock with an elecrostatic gun- but again, the length of the flocking is different so I think it would not look like our vintage ponies.

Stuff just changes over the years. It's also impossible to find certain widths of yarn now (which I need for a custom project)

The GI Joes flocked with guns look better than they did- but kind of "pokey" if you know what I mean- like this guy flocked by clubhairforgijoe.com

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But if you liked this look- you could probably contact these guys and ask if they'd flock an entire pony ?

I'm not a Joe collector but this is definitely a new one on me. 

[LunaMoonCustoms1212]

there is a tutorial on the Mlppreservationproject.

http://www.mlppreservationproject.com/body.html#ReFlocking

[Wardah]

You can reflock with an elecrostatic gun- but again, the length of the flocking is different so I think it would not look like our vintage ponies.

The flocking does actually look a little longer but I just figured it was because it was a different color besides white. Still looks about as close as can be gotten with current materials and a lot better than the short flock that feels like velvet. Especially when your only other choices are dingy flocking or smooth deflocks.

Stuff just changes over the years. It's also impossible to find certain widths of yarn now (which I need for a custom project)

Then there's the stuff that seems to be only obtainable by companies, like the yarn MGA used for the Silly Hair Minis or the micropleated fabric Mattel sometimes uses.

[LadyMoondancer]

You can reflock with an elecrostatic gun- but again, the length of the flocking is different so I think it would not look like our vintage ponies.

The flocking does actually look a little longer but I just figured it was because it was a different color besides white. Still looks about as close as can be gotten with current materials and a lot better than the short flock that feels like velvet. Especially when your only other choices are dingy flocking or smooth deflocks.

It also looks really thick, though.  I wonder if a pony's symbol would even be visible through it, even with white flocking instead of orange.

I wish Hasbro had used flocking like the Sylvanian Families critters have, it seems to last much longer / better.