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What Do You Call Textured Envelope Seals?
I went to a spa the other day and purchased a gift card. The gift card came in an small envelope that had a seal on the back. The seal felt like it was made out of plastic and had a Chinese character on it. The lines of the Chinese character was…
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How do I fix upper thread tension being too high?
Recently my sewing machine (Brother CS6000i) has started acting up, such that the lower stitches are pulled through to the top, and the top thread is so taut that the fabric puckers or bunches up. I was able to un-gather the fabric every few inches…
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How to paint my acoustic guitar?
How do I paint my acoustic guitar like this:
Or this:
Rodrigo Nader
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What should I look for when getting a treadle sewing machine second hand?
I already explored getting a modern sewing machine second hand in this question. Now I would like to consider a treadle as well. I quite enjoy traditional tools where muscle power is used over electricity. It give me a more accomplished feeling at…
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On what factors does choosing pencil shading technique depend?
There are different types of shading techniques like criss cross, straight lines, circular shading, blending, scribbling, and dot shading (drawing dots close to each other).
Of course there are not hard and fast rules in drawing, but there are…
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Removing glued on material from this subwoofer
I recently bought a subwoofer tube for a DIY guitar amp project I'm working on and it is covered with a kind of "carpet" which seems to be glued on to a very dense cardboard.
It looks like the one from here...
How do I remove the flocking/carpet…
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What kind of paints should I use to color / paint on bright wood material?
I bought a very small chest for holding small desk items, the chest itself being small enough to stand on a desk.
It is raw, unfinished wood, though it has been sanded smooth. I'm not sure what sort of wood it is, but it has a light color.
I'd like…
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How can I finish the tops of my balls so the stitches are not so open in appearance?
Pokemon Go has been a feature in my family, and the world, as of late. I figured it would be fun to make some pokeballs for the kids. The first time I make something I expect there to be flaws. I make mistakes so that I can learn from them. However…
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What are some good tools to use for carving plaster?
I love carving plaster! I have an assortment of tools that I've repurposed for carving plaster, but I'd like to know what else there is.
Are certain tools better suited to carving or detailing plaster? It can break apart more easily than wood, is…
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How can I repair broken glass inside a stained glass project?
My wife has this small stained glass decoration she made in high school that has been around forever. For almost that same amount of time there are a couple of break in one of the pieces. The pictures below are the same except the second one has…
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What is way to make the painting where it seems as if colors in it have been splashed on it?
Found this on the cover page of some book:
It looks as if the colors have been splashed here. What is the way to make such painting?
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Crafting a block note with draft papers
I have a staple of draft papers. Typically, these are paper sheets that were printing errors in the sense that the print covers less than 10% of the paper.
I would like to reuse them, but I really like to use block notes as drafts for various…
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How is this moving mouth effect done?
I'm not very skilled with paper. I'm a video editor looking to achieve this effect.
I'm well aware that most of it is special effects, and things like articulation are made of wire attached to the hands and arms of the character. Although, the…
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What can I use to make grips for my felting needles?
Apparently getting economic hand held felting needles in my area is hard. I can get single felting needles easy though. While I can purchase what I want online I would like to see what it would take to make my own rubber-like handles. I was looking…
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What paints can I use on glass?
On this website, they propose some "bottle-lamps", e.g. this one:
I like the idea and would like to reproduce something similar.
I think the product can be improved by painting the bottle. So here's my question:
What are paints with following…
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