I like your home made flockulator, enjoyed the video. BTW- just to let you know, you don’t have to worry about a “shock” from this device...for a number of reasons....basically it’s VERY low voltage and the static field created is much less than you get when taking off a sweater(jumper) in a dry environment. Not being a “know it all” just that I’m an Electrical Engineer and also a Fellow GI Joe collector and just wanted to ease anyone’s fears in using this device. Generally, you don’t need a very powerful voltage to create this static field in this case. It’s can even be done passively as you’ve shown in another video. Enjoyed the video Mate.
The Gaming Toy Boy nothing wrong with this pva craft glue mate, drys clear and won't yellow over time, plus easier to remove. Whatever they used originally was a nightmare to get rid of
Fair enough Damian, if you're happy with that then thats fine mate. I personally prefer to have mine done so its permanent like the original glue used.
The Gaming Toy Boy that's fine also, although when you send your heads away I believe the glue ain't glue on the reflock it's acrylic paint. I think the original glue used on these seemed to be some kind of solvent super glue.
Damian Jones Well the guy i use definitely uses glue because ive seen evidence of excess glue on the necks of some of them, i only ever used to get them reflocked to sell, i only have 1 in my collection but i'm sending some heads off next week to be done and some of those will be going into my collection because (besides getting lucky in job lots), A nice example of an EE Action Man head is becoming quite expensive!
The Gaming Toy Boy I've had the odd reflock sent out to me over the years, I don't really mind just as long as it's been done well. Really enjoy some of the custom coloured heads I've come across too like bright ginger beard or grey.
João Faustino thanks mate. Well as you can see here in the video I used a black flock of 1mm as it was all I could find. The original Tommy Gunn flock was more of a mixture of black and dark brown flock fibres. I think the black flock works very well though. I'll be trying out some other methods of flocking I have in mind, stay tuned for that. Thanks for watching. 😉
Looks like a million bucks mate, outstanding job. Do they still sell GI Joes in your country? Or are all kids there into video war games like they are here in the States ?
TheSkullReviews Hello, I was going to build the divice myself by following links easily found on youtube but after pricing up the parts I needed it worked out cheaper by half price to buy one already assembled. Basically to put one together would have cost around £30, however I found one listed on ebay under static grass applicator for £14. So if you search for static grass applicator on ebay you will most probably find the device or similar devices. As they are handmade and sold by different sellers I won't leave a link as I don't advertise on here and take no responsibility for people getting shocked that don't wear gloves.
Well, you've got two choices, you can ether build one or take a look on ebay to see if you can find one ready made up. I saw one on there a few months ago under the heading of static model grass aplicator. Failing that if you check out my other video on flocking there is another highly effective and dirt cheap way of going about it. Thanks for watching and let me know how you get on. 😉👍
Thanks a lot for this video mate. I found it really interesting. Where do I go to make or buy a flockulater please. I would love to re-flock some of my VAM. I have not yet found anything like your device to buy online. Any pointers? Cheers!👍
I like your home made flockulator, enjoyed the video.
BTW- just to let you know, you don’t have to worry about a “shock” from this device...for a number of reasons....basically it’s VERY low voltage and the static field created is much less than you get when taking off a sweater(jumper) in a dry environment. Not being a “know it all” just that I’m an Electrical Engineer and also a Fellow GI Joe collector and just wanted to ease anyone’s fears in using this device. Generally, you don’t need a very powerful voltage to create this static field in this case. It’s can even be done passively as you’ve shown in another video. Enjoyed the video Mate.
Thanks for watching Pat, glad you enjoyed the video and I hope it was helpful to you? Happy flocking ;-)
Finally a video that shows the correct way to flock a head. This is really interesting. Thank you!
My pleasure, glad you enjoyed it and found it useful 😀 👍
Great tutorial, will definitely try this myself. Keep up the good work.
Many thanks for watching 😉
Super cool! Thank you for sharing 🤗
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching 😉
That was well interesting😀 , super vid thank you damian x 💙
Mazzy X cheers Mazzy, enjoying the magnet fishing vids you've been doin too, great stuff. 😊
Excellent job sir!!! I am going to try this with moss man
Best of luck with it, hope it works out for you 😉👍
Awesome work!
Thanks for watching
looks good!
It was!
Thanks nice work
Real nice job
great job guy ;)
Your face at the end there Damian..... Priceless!
Ps. I do hope you're going to use better quality glue in future though mate
The Gaming Toy Boy nothing wrong with this pva craft glue mate, drys clear and won't yellow over time, plus easier to remove. Whatever they used originally was a nightmare to get rid of
Fair enough Damian, if you're happy with that then thats fine mate.
I personally prefer to have mine done so its permanent like the original glue used.
The Gaming Toy Boy that's fine also, although when you send your heads away I believe the glue ain't glue on the reflock it's acrylic paint. I think the original glue used on these seemed to be some kind of solvent super glue.
Damian Jones
Well the guy i use definitely uses glue because ive seen evidence of excess glue on the necks of some of them, i only ever used to get them reflocked to sell, i only have 1 in my collection but i'm sending some heads off next week to be done and some of those will be going into my collection because (besides getting lucky in job lots), A nice example of an EE Action Man head is becoming quite expensive!
The Gaming Toy Boy I've had the odd reflock sent out to me over the years, I don't really mind just as long as it's been done well. Really enjoy some of the custom coloured heads I've come across too like bright ginger beard or grey.
I recommend attaching a flux-capacitor to the Flockulator.....or at least an XP-38 space modulatooooorrrrrr.....great vid!!!
Hahaha all sounds too complicated to me bud 😂😂😂👍
Good job mate , best wishes from Manchester , And don't forget to drink plenty of water. Stay safe.
Rick Todd thanks for watching Nick. 👍 😊 👍
Nice man I just subbed ok
Many thanks
good instructional vid
Congratulations Damian that really works.
BTW what flock length do you use and do you know what are the matching colors of the originals?
João Faustino thanks mate. Well as you can see here in the video I used a black flock of 1mm as it was all I could find. The original Tommy Gunn flock was more of a mixture of black and dark brown flock fibres. I think the black flock works very well though. I'll be trying out some other methods of flocking I have in mind, stay tuned for that. Thanks for watching. 😉
U can find Joe/AM colors and length right here www.flockit.com/index.php/gi-joe-flocking-1-2-oz.html
Looks like a million bucks mate, outstanding job. Do they still sell GI Joes in your country? Or are all kids there into video war games like they are here in the States ?
I think all the kids have moved on to video games now, although some kids, essentially the younger ones enjoy action figures still.
Hi Damian where do you buy the Flocking fibre from Brown and Blonde for action man.Keep your great video's coming.
You can find it in most craft shops or modelling centres
So where do you get ' your Flock-u-lator from ?
The Flockalater handle is a fly zapper handle 👍🌞
muddyfox4x4 thanks for letting me know. It works a treat don't you think? 😊
Great idea and you can if you want put the spec's of said Flokalater on the drop down, but keep it a secret if you want 👍
Just read the comment below 👍
Great job. Could you share a link to the device you use to flock?
It's home made, all you need to do is make a device that creates a static field.
Wow😮😮
Very good jop. I'm from AGUADILLA, PUERTO RICO . Wer can I bay the electric maching and the hare? I will love to fix my gi joe and action man
Very cool, I wonder did you buy that device or make it, if you bought it do you have a link? Thanks for the video!
TheSkullReviews Hello, I was going to build the divice myself by following links easily found on youtube but after pricing up the parts I needed it worked out cheaper by half price to buy one already assembled. Basically to put one together would have cost around £30, however I found one listed on ebay under static grass applicator for £14. So if you search for static grass applicator on ebay you will most probably find the device or similar devices. As they are handmade and sold by different sellers I won't leave a link as I don't advertise on here and take no responsibility for people getting shocked that don't wear gloves.
Thanks very much, I found it, thanks again for the tip:)
TheSkullReviews my pleasure, thanks for watching. Hope your heads turn out fine. Remember gloves though 😉
2mm flock Damian? What colour did you do the dark haired Action man ? Colour code ? Cheers for helpfull vid 👍
I can't remember, just dark brown lol. You'll find it in most model shops
would love to know how Palitoy did this at their factory...
It was a type of static chamber the heads passed through during manufacturer
@@damianjones7554 That makes sense when they made 1,000,000s of them. Cheers!
Hi I wonder if you can post me a link where I can buy the flock material from thanks
You can find it on ebay, online modellers shops and in any High Street model shop. 😉👍
How long does it take to dry? and do you have to keep it plugged in to head while drying? thanks
No need to keep it plugged in, just while doing the flocking. Takes a good hour to dry
You could have used a spoon to put the flock in the "Flockulator."
Good idea, thanks for watching 😉
My mate Damian
My friend, any kind of glue can be use it for flock??
any glue that will bond to the plastic, yes. Vinyl heads won't take glue, that's the reason they make glue caps from vinyl ;)
Where did you get your flocculator?
Well, you've got two choices, you can ether build one or take a look on ebay to see if you can find one ready made up. I saw one on there a few months ago under the heading of static model grass aplicator. Failing that if you check out my other video on flocking there is another highly effective and dirt cheap way of going about it. Thanks for watching and let me know how you get on. 😉👍
Has his hair stayed on bruv
As long as I kept this figure the hair stayed on just fine. I no longer have it, I traided it about a year ago
You could use a bit of flocking yourself!😂🤣
Thanks a lot for this video mate. I found it really interesting. Where do I go to make or buy a flockulater please. I would love to re-flock some of my VAM. I have not yet found anything like your device to buy online. Any pointers? Cheers!👍
You'll need to make it from scratch, I think I'll tell how in one of my other videos