A while ago I scrimped and instead of buying an electric static grass appliator I bought what woodland scenics calls the static grass starter set, which basically is just a plastic bottle with a screen on it to dispense the grass. I paint clear Elmer’s glue on the table and spread the grass on top of it. Is there a way I could make the grass stand up without buying an applicator and starting from scratch? Thanks
I made one for under $20 that works great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO1jrUL_PLU&t=765s
Mel
My Model Railroad
http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/
Bakersfield, California
I’m beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.
I made two static grass applicators out of $4.00 electric fly swatters and they work great. Takes 10 minutes.
The improved version.
you need a way to apply [momentarily] the static charge to get the grass fibres to ‘stand up’, … an applicator [whether home made or bought] is the easiest way …
Rub a ballon on your hair for a couple minutes, then hold it near the grass. [:-^]
Mark.
Nah. Just have a cat do your static grass, after rubbing it on a towel.
Seriously, look at a Gras-Tech static grass applicator. Mine was about $25 a few years ago, is still on its original set of batteries and gives me great results. The high-priced applicators are not necessary.
I’m not sure that you’d be interested, especially if you don’t wish to start from scratch, but here’s a LINK to a thread on making your own static grass applicator.
Wayne
Well then, I guess i’ll be doing some work with a scraper and a vaccum… Thank you for the suggestions, I was leary of the price/quality of the $20 applicators which is why I stayed away from them. At least I’m only half done with the grass! Thanks
This is the static grass applicator I built from the Luke Towan YouTube video, I haven’t seen any manufactured grass applicators but this one works very good for under $20.
Mel
My Model Railroad
http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/
Bakersfield, California
I’m beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.
I was just looking around for one, and saw one for $20, an ABS blah, blah. Then I looked at reviews. There were a number of good reviews on it… until I saw one that said “some of the grass stood up”. Then I saw the 1-star review, and the reviewer said "it’s only 2.5KW, you need a lot more for it to work properly. It looks like you can get a better one, but now we’re up to around $65+.
Think I’ll look into building one, after buying the negative ion generator for $21.