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I hate the snow. The snow hates me back. I moved to Ohio from Cali. I was raised in GA. I am not built for this. Just today, I leaned back against a tree, AND FROZE THE $&$^(* TO IT.
But, every now and then, you get to go outside and play in it, and remember that, just like "Look Around You" says, snows primary use is entertainment.
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But, every now and then, you get to go outside and play in it, and remember that, just like "Look Around You" says, snows primary use is entertainment.
Picture taken by
ajfirewolf
Category Wallpaper / Fursuit
Species Dog (Other)
Size 1280 x 857px
File Size 102.7 kB
wow...see I really hate the snow now...that's from growing up in Minnesota and then going to college in IA where the wind is the worst part of winter...yeah everytime I try to start my car I have frost on the inside and I have to get it jumped...soo looking forward to moving...
Come move to Vermont where there is more snow than you know what to do with and you have to worry about your roof caving in every year! I'm sure you'll love it. :D
Bring the firewolf with you. We can go hot tubbing in the middle of blizzards ....
Hopefully not in fursuit ....
Bring the firewolf with you. We can go hot tubbing in the middle of blizzards ....
Hopefully not in fursuit ....
In this case, it was cold enough that the suit didn't get wet. There was some snow on it, but most of it didn't melt, and that that did refroze shortly thereafter, so when I came inside, the suit was crunchy from the ice, but dry on the inside.
But, best I can tell, how wet your suit can survive being depends more on how well you keep them up, and how delicate the construction.
For things like heads, it's not great to get them wet, from what I hear. The weight of the water can rip off parts and facial features. Even if you didn't have anything fall off, you'd still have problems holding your head up and start to have some weird balance problems. The seams, also, can start to show some extra wear, and the suit will drape off you differently than it did before, so you'll get crazy love handles and look like you've had a bariatric bypass. In addition, I've heard what's in the water counts. Your water in your house has some stuff in it, which the fur is probably Ok with, but things like road salt like what I was in, or pool chlorine may not be so kind.
The worst damage I've heard of, though, involves matting. If fur gets wet, and then rubbed - what you wind up with there is felt, and once that area is really kind of "dreadlock" matted, there's no way to untangle it - I try to keep Ford gone over with a wide-tooth comb every chance I get. If you keep your suit as mat-free as you can, all the time, don't "scrub" the fur while it's wet (When I have to put the suit up without hanging it dry, it gets put away inside-out, rolled up), you should do fine, but your mileage may vary. Bottom line, like Three Dog tells you, there's no excuse for avoiding periodic maintenance, and if you don't know if what you're doing is cool, ask the person who made it for you, or the fursuit LJ community.
Mr. Ford, here, very shortly thereafter recieved a bath on "cold" in my washing machine, with woolite, which got rid of (hopefully) all the Ohio road salt, sand, and car filth that he got on him out there. Particularly the road salt, though. That #$(%&#$ is the bane of my #$&%(%#&$% existence. He also got a nice, gentle brushing with a slicker brush and a wide-tooth comb.
Thank you for your <3-ing. : )
But, best I can tell, how wet your suit can survive being depends more on how well you keep them up, and how delicate the construction.
For things like heads, it's not great to get them wet, from what I hear. The weight of the water can rip off parts and facial features. Even if you didn't have anything fall off, you'd still have problems holding your head up and start to have some weird balance problems. The seams, also, can start to show some extra wear, and the suit will drape off you differently than it did before, so you'll get crazy love handles and look like you've had a bariatric bypass. In addition, I've heard what's in the water counts. Your water in your house has some stuff in it, which the fur is probably Ok with, but things like road salt like what I was in, or pool chlorine may not be so kind.
The worst damage I've heard of, though, involves matting. If fur gets wet, and then rubbed - what you wind up with there is felt, and once that area is really kind of "dreadlock" matted, there's no way to untangle it - I try to keep Ford gone over with a wide-tooth comb every chance I get. If you keep your suit as mat-free as you can, all the time, don't "scrub" the fur while it's wet (When I have to put the suit up without hanging it dry, it gets put away inside-out, rolled up), you should do fine, but your mileage may vary. Bottom line, like Three Dog tells you, there's no excuse for avoiding periodic maintenance, and if you don't know if what you're doing is cool, ask the person who made it for you, or the fursuit LJ community.
Mr. Ford, here, very shortly thereafter recieved a bath on "cold" in my washing machine, with woolite, which got rid of (hopefully) all the Ohio road salt, sand, and car filth that he got on him out there. Particularly the road salt, though. That #$(%&#$ is the bane of my #$&%(%#&$% existence. He also got a nice, gentle brushing with a slicker brush and a wide-tooth comb.
Thank you for your <3-ing. : )
I'm from Maryland where it snows every winter, but not a lot and not for very long.. sometimes a couple feeet but no usually. Now I'm in MAss and it snows EVERY DAY.... :P
I'm assuming that you put a little pitchfork and spaded tail on the side.. because there's no way you can even pretend to be an angel.
I'm assuming that you put a little pitchfork and spaded tail on the side.. because there's no way you can even pretend to be an angel.
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