Reaching into the Bag of Tricks: Fabri-Tac
Many of you are probably well familiar with this product. I had totally given up on making dolls before I discovered this glue. I never could figure out the damned sewing machine. But Fabri-Tac came to the rescue. But there is a problem with it. It seems that when you first open that bottle, to attach some hair or to make a cloak, it flows beautifully. Then the next time you go to use it, it flows only kind of plainly. The next time the flow is a bit homely. The next time it flows downright fugly. Well I have a little tip for you. (It’s not that big a deal… hell it’s on the label, but no one reads the damned labels anymore.) That distinctive smell when you open up your Fabri-Tac is Acetone. Go to your local Home Despot, or Lowes and pick up a container of acetone. It comes in quite handy for many things like smoothing baked clay and what not. But our use here is to THIN the Fabri-Tac! I get a smaller bottle made of same kind of plastic as the original and transfer a good bit of the glue into the smaller bottle. Then I add acetone a little bit at a time and stir it until it reaches the right consistency to once again flow beautifully.