# Velvet on paper? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 23, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/velvet-on-paper/261115 "2004-08-23T17:57:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/velvet-on-paper/261115/1 "2004-08-23T17:57:54Z")
I’m doing some freelance design work. One of my clients is a retailer with a psychedelic bent. I want to design business cards that are like blacklight posters. So I need to find a way to get velvet put onto paper. This has surely been done before. We’ve all received Christmas cards with white velvet snow on them, right? I cannot for the life of my find a way to make this happen. Does anyone out there have any suggestions? Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/velvet-on-paper/261115/2 "2004-08-23T17:59:33Z")
I’m thinkin’ some sort of flocking would be the most inexpensive way to do this. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/velvet-on-paper/261115/3 "2004-08-23T18:12:29Z")
Yes; but I cannot find a printer anywhere who flocks. I search and only find flocking equipment for sale. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/velvet-on-paper/261115/4 "2004-08-24T15:06:42Z")
Tell him he can go flock himself. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/velvet-on-paper/261115/5 "2004-08-24T18:41:02Z")
Seriously. Anyone who can help me track down a flocking printer will be eligible to receive a free fuzzy business card in the mail. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/velvet-on-paper/261115/6 "2004-08-24T18:58:05Z")
[Wintech](http://www.wintechint.com/) offers a flocked paper that they call SuedePaper. > [@](#): > > This paper can be beautifully foil stamped, ink-jet printed, screen printed, embossed, die-cut, and hand decorated using paints, stencils, embossing powders, colored pencils and markers. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/velvet-on-paper/261115/7 "2004-08-24T19:09:37Z")
Using the [Kompass](http://kompass.com) search engine, and the terms “flock printing services”, I find 14 vendors in the U.K. But oddly, none in the U.S. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/velvet-on-paper/261115/8 "2004-08-24T19:17:13Z")
Hm. I’m sure that says something about taste, but I’m not sure what.