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[ravagefrackle]

i am afraid it is a occupational hazard , it come with the terrritory , i suggest you get a nice shop vac and just keep the mess in check ,

 

[Was Once Ernie]

One trick I learned from Mike, the Propologist...

He has a pair of scissors with normal size grip, but very tiny cutting blades. Working from the back of the material, these scissors will cut the backing, but not the fur, leaving you with a nicer edge and less loose fuzzies.

 

[BorkBork]

One trick I learned from Mike, the Propologist...

He has a pair of scissors with normal size grip, but very tiny cutting blades. Working from the back of the material, these scissors will cut the backing, but not the fur, leaving you with a nicer edge and less loose fuzzies.

Yes i agree, always cut at the fabric where the fur is fastened. Very nice puppet as well! Love it. I need to build me a monster someday too hehe.

 

[Buck-Beaver]

As others have said, it really is hard to avoid. One thing that helps is working in a room without carpeting, if you have one. Then you can just sweep up all the furry bits. I just started doing a lot of puppet building full-time a few months ago after a long hiatus and I usually end up sweeping the workshop three or four time a day to contain the mess.

I do find that it helps if you cut the fur backing with a razor blade rather than cutting it like regular cloth with scissors. That way you are just cutting the backing and not much of the fur. There's an article on this at http://sewing.about.com/library/weekly/aa092000a.htm

 

[SesameKermie]

IMHO, you're gonna get fuzzies no matter what method you use to cut the fabric. Use the method that seems to produce the least amount, and keep a shop vac and a lint roller on hand to remove them.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

I do find that it helps if you cut the fur backing with a razor blade rather than cutting it like regular cloth with scissors. That way you are just cutting the backing and not much of the fur.

I was going to suggest an X-acto knife.

 

[Buck-Beaver]

I think X-acto's work too. For me there's just something about those small blades I don't think. There's also a brand of barber shop razors (I can't think of the name right now) that works really well.

 

[GabeFirestone]

hahaha... this reminds me of my life (except it's my mom that gets mad at me, not my wife!) when i move out and get married (after college ofcourse ), I expect that I will have this same problem!

 

[pjspuppets]

fur mess

one thing I do that helps a little...

I put a big box fan in the window in the room I'm working in (blowing out). I did it at first for ventilation for all that contact cement, but I found later that it was sucking up a lot of the fur fluff. I clean out the window screen periodically like you would a dryer lint screen.