Thank you all so much for the kind words! I really worked hard on this one and there was a lot of trial and error involved to get it to this point. I regrettably did not take as many photos throughout the process as I should have. And since I worked on this about a year ago, I do not remember every specific detail
. Clinton, I made many very unsuccessful attempts to recreate a flocked window that would blend in with the others on this house. I began by following the tutorial on Ted's archived website, using real red cellophane that I ordered off of the internet and some flocking I obtained on ebay. I could never get the cellophane to behave well. No matter what type of adhesive or paint I used to outline the grilles, the cellophane would always warp and shrink and just look messy. So I gave up on cellophane and got some red dura-lar from Hobby Lobby. I liked this material so much I have used it in all the window replacements I have completed so far. I cannot remember the specific adhesive I used to adhere the flocking to the film. Hopefully my memory will be jogged once I pull out all my putzing supplies this year.
I have attached a close up picture of the coconut for reference. The top portion is the new clock tower section with the coconut I made, the bottom portion is the old coconut. I think I was able to get very very close to the original texture of coconut. I restored a few other houses with this same coconut method and think it works very well. I will post some more pictures soon of other refurbished houses and if anyone is interested in the method I used to make the coconut I would be happy to share it!
Best,
Leben