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Community Conversation => Female to male transsexual talk (FTM) => Transsexual talk => FTM Gear => Topic started by: Shane.Cole on April 21, 2013, 11:42:40 AM

Title: Peecock Gen 2 Coloring
Post by: Shane.Cole on April 21, 2013, 11:42:40 AM
Does anybody have any advice for recoloring or dyeing a peecock? I've seen post on how to recolor Mr.Limpy and such, but not the peecock. I'm sure the make up method would work but I wanted to see if anybody had any advice before I tried that.
Title: Re: Peecock Gen 2 Coloring
Post by: Nowhereboi on April 21, 2013, 01:36:25 PM
Makeup will work on silicone, but it will rub off faster.  You can use a sealant like Ben Nye Final Seal to prolong your effect, but because the Peecock is silicone, the color won't "seep into" the material as much as it would on a porous Mr. Limpy. This means that when the makeup does wear off, you will have to reapply from scratch.  A more long-term sealant idea is to do the makeup, and then coat the prosthetic in a super thin layer of silicone, but this is an expensive option.  I tried to use a less-expensive approach: painting on silicone caulking to seal in color on a damaged Vixskin product; it didn't go on smooth and looks very odd.  Now I know that you can thin caulking using lighter fluid and other chemicals, but I'm not sure I want to put those near my bits. Try looking into what folks in the love doll, FX makeup, and reborning communities get up to; they all use silicone as a medium and have to apply detailed paint jobs.

(Short-Term) Ben Nye Sealant: http://www.makeupmania.com/products/Ben-Nye-%252d-Final-Seal-.html#gsc.tab=0 (http://www.makeupmania.com/products/Ben-Nye-%252d-Final-Seal-.html#gsc.tab=0)
(Long Term) Dragon Skin Platinum Cure Silicone Rubber: http://www.smooth-on.com/Silicone-Rubber-an/c2_1115_1339/index.html (http://www.smooth-on.com/Silicone-Rubber-an/c2_1115_1339/index.html)

Note on the Dragon Skin:  I've not tried this, but the product seems to be very popular and is $30 for a trial size; maybe someone with more mold-making/casting/FX skills can help out with more information?