I had purchased a fursuit head, tail, and feet paws back in December from a member on Furbuy. I had attended my first furry convention yesterday in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
At one point during the fursuit parade, we had to walk through the pool area that was pretty big in order to go all the way through the motel/hotel. I guess a couple hours later at the masquerade, I noticed that the inside of my head's mouth was a different color. Apparently the maker of my suit used clay that needs to sit a while in order to air dry and then painted over it with black paint. As a result, the black paint melted and so did the WHITE clay on the inside, and I also noticed the red hair ties that they used for the lips/inside of the mouth. The white clay was all over the teeth, tongue, and other parts of the jaw as well as my fingers when I reached inside to see what the problem was. I had contacted the suit maker, and they said that I need to repaint the whole thing myself or just take it all off and do what I want with it. I never wore the head for more than 10 minutes, and had it on for about 6 hours for suiting yesterday.
I asked my friend, Flurra, for help and she's not really sure what I should do either and told me to come here. So do you guys have any ideas for me? I was planning on selling this suit because I plan on getting one of my actual 'sona. Now I'm not sure if I even can.
At one point during the fursuit parade, we had to walk through the pool area that was pretty big in order to go all the way through the motel/hotel. I guess a couple hours later at the masquerade, I noticed that the inside of my head's mouth was a different color. Apparently the maker of my suit used clay that needs to sit a while in order to air dry and then painted over it with black paint. As a result, the black paint melted and so did the WHITE clay on the inside, and I also noticed the red hair ties that they used for the lips/inside of the mouth. The white clay was all over the teeth, tongue, and other parts of the jaw as well as my fingers when I reached inside to see what the problem was. I had contacted the suit maker, and they said that I need to repaint the whole thing myself or just take it all off and do what I want with it. I never wore the head for more than 10 minutes, and had it on for about 6 hours for suiting yesterday.
I asked my friend, Flurra, for help and she's not really sure what I should do either and told me to come here. So do you guys have any ideas for me? I was planning on selling this suit because I plan on getting one of my actual 'sona. Now I'm not sure if I even can.