I'm trying to make my pumpkin look like Nightmare Foxy from Frickbear's 3.

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[–] 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

Does paint seep that deep into a pumpkin? Is one paint better at not doing that over another?

Also if you wanna do the felt option instead, just go for it. Who says you gotta conform to what other decorators do?

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  • [–] 2 points 4 weeks ago*

    Felt will make the pumpkin turn faster, since they don’t like clothes.

    For real, though, plants need to breathe, and they breathe through their skin – if you block their pores with glue and fabric, they’ll go off faster.

    Paints aren’t as bad, though they’ll also block the pumpkin’s ability to exchange the gasses (ethylenes) that need to escape. Ethylenes cause decomposition if the plant has to stew in them. If ethylenes are trapped, the veg will turn much faster. This is why you can buy ethylene exchanging bags and containers to keep your produce fresh longer in your fridge. Some produce sections sell veg in special green ethylene bags meant to facilitate this gas exchange.

    The only reliable way to keep seeds and pulps from turning is to gut the pumpkin before decorating it and either roast or preserve the seeds.

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