Thread: making pvc pasties

how can i make them so there is no seam showing? would i just cut a circle then push it on flat with heavy duty surgical adhesive?

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May be a bit of trial and error but i'd imagine if you used a VVV strong glue and just pressed the edges together as you would to make one usualy you may be able to get the line thin enough not to be noticable for a show.




hmm that makes sense to me but probably no one else! Time for a lie down i thnk!

I've made flattish pasties before as I don't like the pointy nature of conical shaped ones, and let me tell you, it doesn't work. Yes you get no seam, but what you do get is crinkly edges! You are trying to shape something flat around something which is naturally curved, so you will get a lot of excess fabric which is unable to lie against the surface of your skin. And those edges will crinkle up giving you a much less desirable finish than a seam, which will pretty much be unnoticeable on stage anyway, unless your fabric is patterned.

Go with the seam, it makes more sense in the long run

I used a foam base and heavily stabled and taped so underneth was flat and then used double sided tape and streched the pvc as much as I could. If you leave the material slight to big you can fold it underneth neatly so there no bubbles

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ah thanks for all the replies

I made a pvc covered fascinator, same shape as a pastie, & managed to make it without seams.

*I cut out a pvc circle slightly larger than the base I was using,
*I then covered the base with copydex, & stuck the base & pvc together, leaving a small overlap of pvc.
*I then cut into the raw pvc edge, making small cuts all the way around the circle, almost creating a stumpy tassel effect
*Then I reached for the glue gun &
*folded each piece/tassel undernieth the base & stuck each one individually to the underside of the pastie, using as little glue as possible.

I imagine this would be most effective on a flattish pastie as mentioned by Fleur.
My base was slightly domed as opposed to conical, & there was some very slight pleating/wrinkling, but I was still pleased enough with the results to actually wear it!

I do make pasties with pvc, but a seam is visible.
I just make it as un-obtrusive as I can.

Not sure if this will work however:

Get hold of some heavyweight buckram and make the basic standard cone shaped pastie out of that. probably 2 layers of it to make it strong enough and glue the buckram don't try to stich it.

Then glue the PVC over the Buckram shape, pulling it taught as you do so, Now you need to use a contact adhesive for this as anything else takes too long to go off and the PVC will pucker up, Personally I'm a fan of Evostick 528 Contact adhesive for doing stuff like this, you can only get it from good builders merchants though not DIY shops and it's not cheap arround £12 for the smallest tin.

I've not worked with PVC but I've had very good results using the above technique and fake leather (which is esentially the same stuff just heavier) to make 3 hats.

Now idealy you want Lycra backed PVC (4 way stretch sometimes just called Stretch PVC) as opposed to polyester backed PVC (2 way stretch) as this will deform more easily.

The above should work for small pasties, but I'm not sure how big you will be able to go before you get distortion

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