Keeping my fingers crossed for you.
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| Author: | Kathi [ Mon Oct 05, 2015 11:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My recent putz house acquisition... |
It might be too late, but in the past I have unwrapped and salvaged purple foil from a package of Hershey's Kisses that have carmel in the middle. They are foil wrapped in a similar color purple. But it looks like you have a workable material. Good Luck! |
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| Author: | maria [ Mon Oct 05, 2015 1:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My recent putz house acquisition... |
http://www.dickblick.com/products/hyglo ... Hwod-lcP7A |
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| Author: | Tom Hull [ Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My recent putz house acquisition... |
Kathi and Maria both have good ideas on this one. The trouble with Mylar is you can attempt to crinkle it all you want and it has a memory that tries to spring back. The original was a foil that crinkles nicely giving more reflective surfaces. Have you investigated the possibility of using florist foil? However I do what Kathi does. I especially like the holiday chocolates wrapped in different colored foils. Each season has different colors and indeed there are a number of purples out there. Fun to eat them and I save mine in a Sponge Bob Square Pants mini lunch box. (likely more than you needed to know.) Tom |
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| Author: | paulrace [ Mon Oct 05, 2015 10:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My recent putz house acquisition... |
Keeping my fingers crossed for you.
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| Author: | Clinton [ Thu Oct 15, 2015 12:49 pm ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: My recent putz house acquisition... | ||
Okay folks, here's the recent scoop on this project: I took Kathi/Tom's advice and went on a search for that "Hersheys Kiss" foil, and to my surprise, I found a very close match! You gotta admit, it DOES look good, eh? The other $1 store foil did exactly what Tom said it would do: Spring back to it's original form, Ugh!...  In the future, if Maria's Hygloss foil does the job, (I have a local store here I need to check out) I might go ahead and purchase a roll of that later for other projects. I had to "break the bank" and shell out $5 for the kisses, but-- I am sure enjoying the taste of them during my restoration though! 
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| Author: | Howard [ Thu Oct 15, 2015 3:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My recent putz house acquisition... |
i'd say it's a "perfect match"...just think of the age difference in the foils...bet the new foil will age gracefully over time...enjoy the candy... |
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| Author: | Clinton [ Fri Oct 16, 2015 6:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My recent putz house acquisition... |
Oh yes Howard, I am enjoying them! Hehe.. Will have the 1st 1/2 of the roof done tonight hopefully...
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| Author: | paulrace [ Sat Oct 17, 2015 12:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My recent putz house acquisition... |
Unless you go into "sugar shock"! |
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| Author: | Clinton [ Sat Oct 17, 2015 7:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My recent putz house acquisition... |
Already did Paul!...  hehehe...
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