Well when you first get the pugga, I would suggest to wash them and let the air dry.  Then with Sta Flo, it depends on the material of the pugga.  Some are thicker and some aren't, but basically you usually have to do one full coat of starch and see how it turns out.  If it isn't hard enough then go ahead with another, but usually when you do two coats it becomes really hard.

Hit: Once you get the right amount on, and you use it once for a performance.  Then you should be good for a while, basically all you have to do is, next time you want to use it, dont use starch again.  Just rinse the pug with a little cold water, and then let it dry again, usually there is enough starch in the pug to reform and make it just as hard, then after this time you might need to starch again.

It comes down to experience with what material you have and how much starch you need, trial and error is what worked for me

thanks for the words of wisdom havish.  I never really considered how building up the laarhs of the pugh plays a role in being able to tuck the turla in easily. Cool hopefully with some practice I can get this down. If anyone has any other tips, please feel free to share 


*oh and saleem, i look forward to the future progress of this site.......and when it becomes the most popular forum in the world 

huge question on the TURLA

are you pug's thurla naturally cut like that where you just starch it and stick it in. or do you actually do it like the video?
also do you tie a rubber band or string at the bottom of the starched turla to keep it together?

umm ya... def not cut... haven't seen that one yet and personally would think thats kinda funny, but ya done like the video for sure

and nope, no rubber band, basically like the video again

oye hoi,

       I meant no disrespect with cutting the pugg, I actually know a team that has their pugs made like that(so the person on the team claims) , thats why i was asking if every team did it

thanks

Even though I might not tie the pagg perfectly, I wouldn't cut anything. Someone else who tied the paggan for the team cut a piece off because it didn't look right, and that really messed up the shape and everything. I had to go ahead and fix them and now I only tie them. Cutting is a huge mistake.

I tried tying a rubber band at the end to hold the turla together, it held up nicely. But i was just experimenting, my next go ahead will be with the Sta-Flo and try Havish's method.

And thanks for the hint man about the cold water...i remember hearing that somewhere, but i totally forgot about it. I used to just restarch everything again with the maava. It was a PAIN! i can't wait to try this again.