Flocking
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Flocked Christmas Trees ROCK! When it comes to Christmas trees, there is no better looking tree, right out of a winter tale, than a flocked Christmas tree.
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What Is Flocking
Adorning a tree with artificial snow spraying a Christmas trees with a mixture of adhesive and tiny fibers to a surface to satisfy our longing for a white Christmas. Typical flocking recipe includes paper pulp as fiber, corn starch as adhesive, and a flame retardant. There’s something beautiful and nostalgic about a well professionally flocked tree. Flocking is mostly done in white but can be done in color or combination.
History of Flocking
1929 issue of Popular Mechanics recommends varnish, corn starch, and flakes of the silicate mineral mica.Flocking it really caught on in the late 1950s along with aluminum trees and other glitzy Christmas Decorations. General Mills marketed Snow -Flok home kits, to be applied using a gun that attached to a vacuum cleaner.
Can You Flock A real Christmas tree.
Yes, you pretty much flock anything, real trees, pre-lit tree,and wreathes. Flocking is not toxic( should not eat it). flocking made from cellulose or cotton fibers, water, spray adhesive and most of the time, a fire retardant. It comes in a variety of colors, often has a sparkly material, mixed to give a snow-like look to the trees.
This is how we Flock
HOW TO CARE FOR FLOCKED CHRISTMAS TREE.
Valley View Christmas Trees proud to be one few Christmas Tree Lots that offers fresh flocked trees and wreaths, a tradition we have tended since the 1980’s. Fresh flocked trees have longer lifespans as the flocking locks in the moisture and preserves the needles. Although flocked trees do not require a water source, water will further preserve your tree. Flocking comes in all colors (white, pink, blue, red, yellow, purple, and black) and can be custom ordered or selected from our flocked tree showroom.
Place your tree away from any sources of heat. This will prevent it from drying out, especially as it will not draw water.Flocking is fire-retardant but not fire-proof, so this will also keep the tree from catching on fire.
Decorate your tree with miniature lights, which give off much less heat than large lights
Transporting to your home:
Valley View Christmas Tree will wrap your flocked tree in a clear plastic covering which will protect the flocking as it is transported to your home.
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present participle: flocking
Flocking is the process of depositing many small fiber particles (called flock) onto a surface