Hi All,
I recently bought some nest building material from a dollar store and from Walmart for use as tinsel. One package is metallic red and the other metallic pink. The pink is such a light shade that I plan to use it as pearlescent for flashback. They had some metallic gold that I should have bought but didn't, and now they are out of it.
I haven't tested the pink (Walmart) yet, but I tested the metallic red from the dollar store, putting it in water for a while, then scraping on it. It did well, the color and the metallic sheen standing up and not coming off.
I like it better than the stuff from fly tying shops (that comes on a spool), because it stretches more easily, enough to make it easier to use. It is a large bag for $1 to $2 before Easter.
If you buy the stuff now, the next few days after Easter, you can probably buy it for a song.
Regards,
Gandolf