how to mix and blend dubbing

[flytire 0]

this is just one of the many ways to mix and blend dubbing

 

 

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[Dave G. 0]

Yes I use a Magic Bullet Blender, I have three different tops and the two different blade sets, I try not to use the one that I grind coffee beans in LOL ( I think that is the ice shaver actually) ! Not so much because I grind coffee beans in it but more that the blades are not suited to mixing but more to grinding/shaving. I don't want to grind, I want to blend, so Use The Blender Top. Great little unit. And you can devote one top just to dubbing .

[crazy4oldcars 0]

I bought a battery powered "Spice grinder" off of Amazon for $10. They run about $8, now. It will blend enough for about a dozen flies in one batch. It just has problems with very fine, very long stapled fibers (1/2"+).

The plastic reservoir wants to build static, too, so I wipe it down with a dryer sheet every once in a while.

Of course, one man's herb is another man's weed. It would seem there are many other applications for this gadget.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Durable-Handheld-Tabacco-Electric-Grinder/dp/B00VIL1AN6/ref=sr_1_16?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1446734114&sr=1-16&keywords=battery+spice+grinder

 

Kirk B

[NohackleHS 0]

Since I don't tie large quantities of flies at one time, I do all my blending by hand. I take portions of the two or three dubbings that I want to blend and put them on top of each other. I then pull the lump of dubbing in two. I take the two halves and place them on top of each other and pull them apart again. I keep repeating this process until the dubbings are fully blended. If the color is wrong I add more of the dubbing I think is needed and repeat the process. I've been tying for 30 years and have always used this procedure. It's very simple and it takes only a few minutes to blend the right color.