Hey everyone,
I have done about 7 tiger wraps with mixed results. All acceptable, but some better than others. I have read articles from the online library as well as watched Doc Ski on you tube. The video with Doc shows him burnish the under wrap in one direction and the top threads in the opposite direction, but the written articles do not mention the need to burnish in the opposite direction on the top threads (even the tutorial he has in the library). So, I was wondering which way you all have had the most success.

thanks
Jon Hood

The more you "disturb" the thread the more disturbed the effect will be. So it's not just a matter of burnishing or which direction, but how much and how disturbed the threads are from straightly wound and aligned.

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Hi Tom,
I understand that, but my question is whether or not to disturb the top layer of threads as well. The written tutorials basically say to wrap, burnish evenly, heat, wait, then remove the sacrificial threads.

The bottom threads are the ones you want to disturb.

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What you need to do is experiment with them. What I've learned is that burnish only the bottom your finished tiger will likely have more vertical stripes. If you burnish the bottom and top (opposite directions to each other) you will achieve more disturbance between the two thread layers and greater effects.

Scott Throop the inventor of the tiger wrap used just two threads on the base layer with 1 sacrificial on the top layer. Since then others like Doc Ski has taken the tiger wrap to the next level using 3 and 4 threads on the base layer and sacrificing 2, 3 or 4 threads on the top layer to create some elongated effects to the basic two thread tiger wrap. Also burnishing the top layer as well as the base layer helps create some great effects. There are no rules now for the tiger wrap, just be creative with it and experiment.

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