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Detail of large 3F Wet Felted Flower | Source Take The Necessary Safety Precautions!Please stay safe and always ensure that you use a 'Ground Fault Adapter' whenever you use any electrical appliance n...
Detail of large 3F Wet Felted Flower | Source
Please stay safe and always ensure that you use a 'Ground Fault Adapter' whenever you use any electrical appliance near water. I wear rubber soled shoes as an additional precaution!
The sander I use one which is the palm type which does not have any spinning or rotating parts to it. It also has no dust bag. No sandpaper is used at all during the whole felt making process. I insert the sander into a strong plastic bag and always keep the bag open at the top as I work. This is to prevent it from overheating! I make sure not to cover the air vents. I never allow it to run for long periods at a time! I insert the sander into a strong plastic bag to prevent any water from entering the workings of the appliance. I make sure to cover the project completely, first with bubble wrap and then an additional layer of heavy plastic sheeting, I soak up any excess water, before and during the whole process of the felt making process. I use only sufficient water to wet the fibers and no more! Working with too much water is unnecessary and will sometimes displace the carefully laid out design.
Always make sure to work with a barrier of plastic between the sander and the Project. Use Bubble wrap and a thicker sheet of plastic to cover it. Kitchen wrap can be very useful to keep the 3D layers separate but it is not strong enough to be used on its own!
Switch on the sander. Place it down gently on the covering of plastic. Press and lift the sander. Don't press it down hard and glide it over the plastic, just as if it were a piece of wood! Press down and lift it up. Doing it this way, will ensure that your carefully placed fibers are not displaced! Once you have gone over the whole flower once, turn it over and repeat the process again. The thicker sections of fiber may need a little more attention - such as the area in the middle of the flower. When you have gone over each side once, you can now begin sanding you were 'sanding wood'. You will now be able to glide over the plastic. This should not you no more than ten to fifteen minutes in total. Large projects may take a little longer!
Before removing the plastic, check for stability in the middle area of the flower. If you are completely satisfied that it has fused together, you can remove the bubble wrap and the kitchen wrap from the petals.
A Ryobi Corner Cat sander which can be battery operated can be substituted for an electric sander! This sander uses a 18v battery. It can be purchased separately if you don't already use Ryobi tools which use the same battery. If you don't already have one, you will need their additional charger. This may well be the safest way to approach felting. I cannot vouch for the result as I have not used one myself. It would certainly avoid any unnecessary 'shock hazards' whilst using electricity.
Things needed for felting with an electric sander | SourceFulling or to 'full' is the process by which felt is made. It is the shrinking, cleansing and thickening of cloth by means of hot soapy water (heat) with applied pressure.
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