Guv, you didn’t own a hairdryer, either? I rather pictured you under the type affixed upon a salon chair. LOL. So no Fabio locks underneath that helmet, then? No cornrows? Honestly, though, your advice had been much appreciated, and I never find it anything less than thorough. I’d figured that you were merely busy making this little world turn, and, as always, I’d been grateful for your comments. Indeed, I remain so, sir. A hairdryer’s at the top of my list (sans the salon chair, of course), and thank you!
Chop, yes, your recommendations about reservation with regard to certain specific tools makes great sense, but I don’t imagine that I could go overboard; if anything, I’ll be buying things well before I’m ready to use them, with perhaps a few select exceptions... As something of a non-sequitur, I did that with my camera, which is quite beyond my current technical photography capabilities; however, I rather relish the fact that I have room in which to grow… You fix bikes; of course you do, Shovelchop. I practically spent my early twenties riding. I did not even own a car for quite some time while living aboard my boat. I still love bikes, although I have since settled down into a much different lifestyle; those were wilder days, for sure. Anyway, thanks again, madman.
Spooks, after tearing apart my kitchen in a frenzied search for distilled vinegar, which I’d been certain were just behind the next particular - at last,
eureka! And yet, no, not quite so... I’d been sure that I had some, and I do - but it’s
apple cider vinegar, specifically. So, my gold strike turns out to be iron pyrite, doesn't it? It’s tragic that you say that pleather may be hopeless, because it happens to be among the materials for which I need the vinegar most particularly. Also, that second rinse - I should take it that such eliminates the odor? In truth, the imposition of having to choose between the risk of stains and the certainty of a lingering
eau de douche would be enough to give me pause… Indeed, that adhesive seems ultimately practical, and thank you for elaborating - and also, for the caveat. I will definitely be picking up some of that - along with rubber gloves.
I don’t have any plans for casting, at least not yet; I’ve only been into this for a few months. But as for much of the other tools and products mentioned herein, I’d say that most of those seem to qualify as fundamentals - which is quite precisely what I’d hoped to learn.
Shazz, I’d remarked your mentioning the use of rhinestones. Indeed, wet spaghetti is a brilliant solution... Now that’s what one might call
using your noodle! Many thanks for the pro tip; I could probably do this for twenty years without ever thinking of that, and yet, it makes so much sense; the tack of pasta is just ridiculous; one could practically build bridges with it. Thanks for your advice, sir. It’s always very much appreciated.
And Chop, your rhinestones being animated in the moonlight, winking up at you in insolence; sounds like you could use a spaghetti mop… I will certainly keep "Instamold" in mind - why, if only for spectacular phenomena. Thanks again for sharing your experiences.
Sincerely, thank you for all your graciousness. I realize that the whole trial-and-error process is not only inevitable, but that it also ultimately results in positive experience from which one is to learn. However, some folk seem to become so embittered by their own error that they are reluctant to share what they have learned, and may yet hope - as in, some form of
schadenfreude - that others will also experience those same failures…
I suppose that what I mean to say is, simply, thank you all again for being above that sort of selfish, diminutive mentality.
I am sincerely humbled by the collective knowledge of all you skillful artisans.
Again, thank you!
(Santa’s going to need a bigger sled.)
