Fake salad

[TechNic]

Hi folks,

 

I need to make a hat for "Salad Man" (best not to ask!).

This is essentially a throw-away gag and the director says he'd be happy with just a colander, but I'm sure something funnier can be made.

 

Prop salad is available but I'm wondering if anybody has any useful tips for a cheaper 'make'. A wig of lettuce leaves would suffice. And maybe beetroot deelyboppers!

 

I'm assuming the varnish bread technique won't work here beasue the salad will rot. Any ideas?

 

Thanks in advance,

Nic

[Jivemaster]

http://www.props4shows.com/cat.asp?c=948&a...etables___Salad

 

 

Why does a mail order disco shop sells artificial salad .....................

[w/robe]

If you've discounted fake salad and real salad you've not left much room for manoeuvre.

 

You could cut leaves out of fabric, including some net ones to give the salad body. It will always look like Panto salad, as if you are pretending it is salad, rather than it being the real thing.

[TechNic]

If you've discounted fake salad and real salad you've not left much room for manoeuvre.

 

You could cut leaves out of fabric, including some net ones to give the salad body. It will always look like Panto salad, as if you are pretending it is salad, rather than it being the real thing.

 

Hi,

Thanks for your reply. I haven't entirely discounted real salad, but I'm hoping somebody might be able to offer a cunning technique to preserve it.

Looking like panto salad would be absolutely fine.

 

Cheers,

Nic

[hookiefreak]

Hi Nic,

 

If you can find some green plastic bags and a paint stripper, you may be on to a winner. Blast the plastic bags with the paint stripper and they will shrivel up into lettuce pieces. It may take a couple of goes to get it right but it is a very quick method. If you can't find green plastic bags, get some spray paint and paint the bags after they've been heated.

 

HTH

 

Duncan

[musht]

That green plastic bag tip is a total winner thanks.

 

Faux fruit is more common that veg, so common that ebay have a section for it:

 

http://home-garden.listings.ebay.co.uk/Dec...ListingItemList

 

Mght be worth asking some of the sellers if they do vegetables as well.

[TechNic]

If you can find some green plastic bags and a paint stripper, you may be on to a winner. Blast the plastic bags with the paint stripper and they will shrivel up into lettuce pieces.

Hi Duncan,

 

That's brilliant! I knew there would be amazingly simple, cheap and effective solution. And you found it.

Thanks for that. Maybe I can buy you a salad sometime! ;)

 

Cheers,

Nic

[TechNic]

Hi folks,

 

Just an update of the solution I ended up using for anyone else ever needing to do this.

 

Green plastic bags are the answer and the best kind to use are the garden waste ones found in any garden centre or larger supermarket.

 

Any technique that involves heating the plastic up will work, but I found the most effective was to sandwich my cutout leaves inside some newspaper and iron them. This allows you to fold seams in them to create veins in the salad leaves. Then a very brief blast in an oven to crinkle them up a little more.

 

Cheers,

Nic