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After my last meet, Coffee got some heat damage around the collar when I washed her. It is now permanently frizzy. I have been debating posting this, but I decided it needed to be done. How did it happen?
I washed her like normal, cold water in the washing machine. Then I put her in the dryer on air fluff/no heat. Normally I put a sign over the start button to tell people not to touch the dryer and that heat ruins fur. This time I just put her in and didn't think about it. Well, while I wasn't paying attention, my brother tossed his wet shoes in with her and put it on a heat setting. I caught it in time because I heard thudding coming from the dryer. She was only in there for a few minutes, but around the neck got damaged. That part of the suit is covered by the neck on he head, so I am glad it is hidden.
The moral of the story is that using the dryer on a suit is a risk if you are living with other people. If your family couldn't care less or you forget to put up a sign like I did... this happens. I will continue using the air fluff setting on my suit, but I will take more precautions. I am glad that the damage is only a little bit of frizz in a hidden spot. I know it could be way worse.
UPDATE: I re-washed it in warm water with hair conditioner (we were out of fabric softener) and it looks a lot better. I don't think the damage has been undone, probably just covered up by the conditioner making it feel softer and lay better. Having to use fabric softener on my suit is still nicer than feeling like I couldn't do anything about it.
I washed her like normal, cold water in the washing machine. Then I put her in the dryer on air fluff/no heat. Normally I put a sign over the start button to tell people not to touch the dryer and that heat ruins fur. This time I just put her in and didn't think about it. Well, while I wasn't paying attention, my brother tossed his wet shoes in with her and put it on a heat setting. I caught it in time because I heard thudding coming from the dryer. She was only in there for a few minutes, but around the neck got damaged. That part of the suit is covered by the neck on he head, so I am glad it is hidden.
The moral of the story is that using the dryer on a suit is a risk if you are living with other people. If your family couldn't care less or you forget to put up a sign like I did... this happens. I will continue using the air fluff setting on my suit, but I will take more precautions. I am glad that the damage is only a little bit of frizz in a hidden spot. I know it could be way worse.
UPDATE: I re-washed it in warm water with hair conditioner (we were out of fabric softener) and it looks a lot better. I don't think the damage has been undone, probably just covered up by the conditioner making it feel softer and lay better. Having to use fabric softener on my suit is still nicer than feeling like I couldn't do anything about it.
Category Fursuiting / Fursuit
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in the same token you can use blow dryers on the fur, but on air/cool settings or low temp, but you have to make sure you keep moving. i did ever so slight damage to my one foot paw, but was able to reverse it using 1/3 - 1/2 fabric softener/water mixture mist/spray and a warm heat setting on the blow dryer. from there on out though air cooled or sun baked for me only
I tried. It makes it lay flat for a bit, but it gets roughed up even easier than usual. The pictures are both fur that could use a brushing since I had just taken it out of my fursuit box.
Freshly brushed, they don't look too different. The damaged part just looks a little rougher, I guess?
Freshly brushed, they don't look too different. The damaged part just looks a little rougher, I guess?
If you're interested... I can probably fix this for you, if you shipped it to me. I've been able to restore a fully heat-damaged plushie, Fixing a few crinkled edges shouldn't be a problem at all :)
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13009726/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13009726/
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