Foxx Tone Machine question...

[gbkd80]

I'm thinking about building a Foxx TM and want to try to get as close to a replica as possible.  Does anyone know what type of velvet-effect paint is used on these boxes to get the fuzzy finish?  I know it's some kind of spray-on material, but I'm having a hard time finding exactly what I'm looking for.

UPDATE:  Actually... I just looked something up and think what the process is called is "flocking"... can anyone confirm?

[rave0035]

I've encountered flocking on a few old (OLD) turntables.  I've never seen a FTM, but if it feels like a painted-on felt, that's what you're dealing with.

All the homebrew solutions I've seen online look sub-par, but I've never tried any.  PLEASE post your science experiment for us all to see!

[PRR]

I haven't flocked for decades. Since about the time rave's "OLD" turntables were showroom-new.

For a while they flocked everything. Liners for jewelry boxes (makes sense). Custom cars (doesn't make sense).

Flocking went from hi-class to mainstream and then old-hat fairly suddenly. I suspect the custom-car flockers, and maybe this pedal flocking, were because some flocker's business had dried up and he would take ANY thing just to keep the lights on.

I remember a DIY flocking kit. Fuzz and glue. Results disappointing, looked like crap. And IIRC, a real mess.

I bet there were a few shops, or machines, which did mass production flocking. If you have an order for a million watch-boxes, you can play with the spray and the viscosity and maybe electric charge, maybe do presentable work. (Obviously it IS possible, as those turntables show.)

If you try it yourself, expect to flock a lot of old scrap and get a lot of over- and under-flocked scrap.

I wondered if DIY flocking was still a thing. My first hit turned up pre-flocked *paper*, which with the right glue may be a much quicker path.
http://www.michaels.com/search?q=flock

Also flocked letters (3" and 3/4") and animal prints:
http://www.michaels.com/10316617.html
http://www.michaels.com/flocked-velvet--leopard/MD005861S.html
http://www.michaels.com/10110019.html

Wikipedia has an article, which does mention electric charge.

Ah! Google "flocking kit".

https://www.flockit.com/
http://www.michaels.com/martha-stewart-crafts-glitter-flocking-powder-set/10203141.html
ebay - both geese-flocks and kits with glue and dust

Also auto suppliers. Small interior trim in older cars was flocked to blend with cloth upholstery. Rally racers like a flocked dashboard to cut glare.

I still think I would blow a few bucks for flocked paper and try that before I opened a bag of flocking powder in the house.

[PRR]

(1948)

LOL! "Phonograph turntables aren't naturally fur-bearing!"

[PRR]

[gbkd80]

This is awesome   I got to "feel up" (LOL) a Foxx Fuzz Wah the other day so I know what I'm dealing with, and it does feel very thin, but that could also be age and deterioration (after all, it's 40 years old at best). 

I've done some research also on the Suede-Tex flock, and it definitely looks possible to do but I think it then comes down to cost, and if it's worth the investment for a one-off job.  But my way of thinking is exactly that; it's only for me to enjoy, so why can't I make it interesting? 

If I get a mini-flocker tube and some flock I promise I'll post some flocking pictures   

[armdnrdy]

But my way of thinking is exactly that; it's only for me to enjoy, so why can't I make it interesting? 

I say....why the flock not! Go for it!