Hot glue sueding

I actually prefer sections of 3x5 card - paper seems too thin sometimes.

 

Now i have a stupid question here (mainly because i just got my first doll and have no idea what some things mean)
what does this do for your doll exactly? just holds the pose longer? : )

 

The doll makes better poses and hold it longer.
Sometime, with hot glue sueding, doll can do poses that they couldn't do before =D

Thanks for this tutorial, I'll do it on my migidoll body that can't even stand up T_T

(sorry if my english is awfull ^^")

 

Thank you, it was very useful!

 

I'll add my thanks--my wife and I have sueded three dolls now, with good results. With the low-temp glue, I can get away with using a nitrile glove, which I like because I get a better feel for what I'm doing. Using paper or cardstock gives nice results, but it feels clumsier to me (your mileage and finger-happiness may vary).

 

Thanks for the photos! It always makes me more confident when the pics are easy to follow.

 

thank you for actually putting up pictures I've read tutorials before but the pictures make it so much easier

 

I'll put your lesson to your bookmarks.Your pictures were very detailed and helpful. Thank you for posting!

 

Thanks! This is very helpfull! I will try this out when i have Time for it. Thanks!

 

I used a wooden skewer to suede the tiny joints of my flower baby... Does the glue not stick to the paper much? It stuck to the skewer but I just kept pulling it off. I wonder if rolled up paper would be easier or harder. Hrm. I'll have to experiment..

 

Thank you so much for posting this. As I'm new to bjds and poseability is very important to me, I was experiencing some anxiety over this. I really had no idea what it was. I feel way better now!

 

How does one remove the glue if it is done incorrect? I've used kips on my girl, but they just don't do the trick. I'm worried about messing up with the hot glue though x.x

 

oh this is so helpful! i will suede my bjd!

 

Thank you for this, it is incredibly helpful as i want to hot glue suede all my dolls but couldn't quite grasp how to do it, the photos make a big difference

 

Ohhh! very useful, thank you!

 

Thank you, it was very useful!

 

Thank you so much for the clear explanation. I've been wondering what the heck sueding was ever since I got into the hobby (lol I'm a bit of a noob). I was thinking it had to do with actual suede leather or something. Glad to know I was wrong. +5 doll knowledge achieved!

 

Great tutorial, I will definitely try this as I am bit unhappy about posing of my IH EID girl (old body type). I just need to buy a new hot glue gun.

 

This is very helpful! Thank you. I might need this information in the future.

 

My daughter's first doll, a Mirodoll boy, just came the other day and we were both quite disappointed to find that he was too slick and wiggly to hold any sort of a vertical or straight pose other than very inappropriate ones. We will be trying sueding this weekend. I am going to test an idea that popped into my head in regards to the smoothing of the glue issue. It occurred to me that I might be able to place the rounded metal push button from a retractactable pen over the tip of a small glue gun and use that, heated, to melt the glue a bit and thin and smooth it. I'll post back my results.

 

Visuals always help me so much! Thanks for the photo tutorial

 

Thank you for tutorial!

 

Great tutorial, thanks for sharing! ^^

 

I get it. Thanks for a great tutorial.

 

I just did this today with one of my tinies! The tutorial was very helpful, and she stands so much better now. Thank you!

 

Thanks for the tutorial but, may i ask a question? I'm very new with dolls and I'd like to know is, when I'd like to take it out, how should I do it?

I'd like to try this with my doll, who has the syndrome of the floppy feets but, I don't know if its problems with stringing or that I should hot glue sue, her, thanks by the way!

 

Thank you so much for the tutorial!!! My boy hasn't been glue sueded since last year's Anime North; I think he needs to get redone this summer. Someone always did it for me, but with this tutorial I think I can attempt it myself.

 

Thank you very much for the tutorial, I now have it bookmarked.

 

Soo, I wan to try this on my Limhwa Mono, but I'm kind of afraid to because I'm scared I'll screw it up somehow, but then I got to thinking- how badly could this be screwed up? It doesn't seem to difficult, it's pretty straight forward... But still I'm nervous about it o-o

As long as I be careful and don't rush it, I should be okay, right?

 

Max I was nervous doing this too! I hate restringing so I didn't unstring the doll - just pulled the joint apart and squirted a bit of glue into the 'socket' of each joint, spread as quickly as possible with the glue gun nozzle, and hold it apart till it dried properly (which takes seconds). Yes it was a bit of a mess - not all neat and nice, but mistakes peeled off easily, and it was totally worth it - brilliant posing now, from what was a kicky, flicky, head twizzling doll!

Just be sure and use the WARM setting on a dual temperature glue gun, rather than using hot.

 

Oh I bought a low heat glue gun to make sure it wouldn't be too hot. Now I just have to wait for the replacement elastic to come so I can restring him afterward.

I'm most excited about doing his head, right now all it does is snap to the sides, front, and back and won't stay facing forward >.>

 

yes that's so annoying! Just put some glue around the very top of the neck (which is hidden inside the head socket) and it will be fine - no need to unstring him.

 

I will! I've already taken his head off without restringing him though. I walked around with his head freaking people out. It was awesome! So I'll get a little head start (ba dum tiss) on sueding him and see how well it works!

 

Doesn't the glue fall off over time? I always had problem with hot glue falling off after they are dried.

 

Well, I hot glue sueded my Mono's head and it worked perfectly! And it turns out my low heat glue gun is so low heat that I didn't need any paper or gloves to spread the glue- I just used my fingers (but to be fair I have very high pain tolerance, so YMMV), and now instead of his head snapping to the side, I can pose him to be looking straight forward. And it was super fun! I can't wait to get his replacement elastic and do the rest of him

 

yaaay - glad it worked Max Like I said - you can just pull the joints apart a little and spread the glue in the socket part of each joint (including the torso joint) with the glue gun nozzle (easily cleaned off the nozzle when dry) - just hold the joint apart for a minute while the glue dries - no need for restringing!

 

Well, I'm waiting because he badly needs to be restrung anyway ^.^

 

Thank you so much, this was super helpful. I've been wondering what the heck sueding a doll was.

 

I haven't really done hot glue sueding before but the images made it look easier than i thought. Thanks!

 

Very good tutorial, I will use it!

 

I was wondering how this was done. Thank you so much! I have to try this!

 

Thank you so much for this!

 

My friend had shown me how to do hot-glue sueding, but I'd forgotten how (even though it seems pretty easy in theory). Thanks for clearing it up! I still can't quite get it as smooth as yours, though. I suppose that will come with practice.

 

Love this tutorial, it's so helpful. I have not been using paper for hot glue sueding, but I'm definitely going to try that next time Thanks for posting this!

 

Definitely bookmarking this

 

Thank you for the great tutorial!

 

Thank you for such a wonderful tutorial! My boys stand and pose so much better now ^^
I found that if you fold the paper into a triangle it also helps.

 

Thank you for the tutorial! I don't have any materials lying around for traditional sueding, so it's nice to have alternatives.

A note on removing hot glue: I ran across issues with the stuff in another hobby, and I've found the easiest way to remove it is to dip a q-tip in rubbing alcohol and gently rub the hot glue with it. Eventually the hot glue should become brittle enough to peel right off. Obviously, not something you want to do if the hot glue is anywhere near blushed/sealed areas, since the alcohol could damage the painting.

 

Thank you sooo much! I have a girl whose head refuses to stay upright!

 

Thank you soooo much! My boy has a three part torso and he keeps collapsing over and I think this is exactly the thing I need to help

 

thank you so much for this post, been owning my doll for a year and still i cant figure out how to pose her properly. im so scared of removing her strings so, im trying this out, hopefully it will help, thank you, thank you so much!

 

Thankyou! I'm hoping this will help a very stubborn 1:12 to stand properly..... fingers crossed

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Thanks for the tutorial I really need to do this with mine!! ^^

 

The pictures in this tutorial are fantastic! I've watched some youtube videos but the pictures are so helpful.

 

Thanks so much for this great tutorial!!!~ I'm totally going to do this to mine when I have some free time~~

 

I've never been able to find a hot glue sueding tutorial as simple as this! thank you so much!

 

A really good tutorial and very clear, thanks for sharing !!!

 

Good idea!That's not go inside to the hole!