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.

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