My recent putz house acquisition...

Post by **Kathi** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 11:18 am

It might be too late, but in the past I have unwrapped and salvaged purple foil from a package of Hershey's Kisses that have carmel in the middle. They are foil wrapped in a similar color purple. But it looks like you have a workable material. Good Luck!

Post by **maria** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 1:28 pm

http://www.dickblick.com/products/hyglo ... Hwod-lcP7A

Post by **Tom Hull** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:14 pm

Kathi and Maria both have good ideas on this one. The trouble with Mylar is you can attempt to crinkle it all you want and it has a memory that tries to spring back. The original was a foil that crinkles nicely giving more reflective surfaces. Have you investigated the possibility of using florist foil? However I do what Kathi does. I especially like the holiday chocolates wrapped in different colored foils. Each season has different colors and indeed there are a number of purples out there. Fun to eat them and I save mine in a Sponge Bob Square Pants mini lunch box. (likely more than you needed to know.) Tom

Post by **paulrace** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 10:50 pm

Keeping my fingers crossed for you.

Clinton · Post by **Clinton** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 12:49 pm

Okay folks, here's the recent scoop on this project: I took Kathi/Tom's advice and went on a search for that "Hersheys Kiss" foil, and to my surprise, I found a very close match! You gotta admit, it DOES look good, eh? The other $1 store foil did exactly what Tom said it would do: Spring back to it's original form, Ugh!...

In the future, if Maria's Hygloss foil does the job, (I have a local store here I need to check out) I might go ahead and purchase a roll of that later for other projects. I had to "break the bank" and shell out $5 for the kisses, but-- I am sure enjoying the taste of them during my restoration though!