Q: How can I get my hair to stand up? A: Here are some of the most common and effective items that you can use to charge your hair. You may have to try a couple before you find the one that works best for you. 1. lathered up soap - this an old favorite. works well but tends to flake all over the place after a night of dancing (or sleeping for that matter) 2. elmer's glue - holds up for several days and won't run when it gets wet but make sure you distribute it evenly in your hair or you'll get big white clumps. You can dilute it slightly with water first or just go for it 3. Knox gelatin - this stuff is usually for cooking and can be found in any supermarket. don't use knox is you plan on taking your hair down the next day. this shit is real good for keeping your hair up for a week straight. as long as you get the roots real good, it will look as good on day 5 as it did on day 1. the downside is that by the time you take the stuff out it has the consistency of dried rubber cement and your scalp will feel like someone has been pulling your hair for a week. 4. egg whites - another old favorite. works well but tends to flake after a while, like soap but not as bad. Holds up better in rain than soap does too.  5. lots and lots of hair spray - believe it or not, some of the biggest do's over the years have been held up on hair spray alone. the biggest downside is that this stuff stinks like hell. it can also be a bit pricey because you'll need to use most of the can per application and it usually only lasts for a day or so. 6. another suggestion that we recently got from our buddy Adam is to use that Joico Ice Mist stuff. We've never tried it but Adam says it'll hold for a good 3 or 4 days and it doesn't take too much per application. Whatever you decide to use, make sure you hold your hair in place and blow it dry!

Q: What's the best kind of paint to use on my leather jacket and how do I keep it from flaking off? A: The best kind of paint to use on a leather is acrylic based paint because it bends with the leather instead of cracking. Even still, it's a good idea to use a "matte finish acrylic sealer" that you can get in any art supply store. It comes in a spray can and provides an invisible protective coating over the paint so that it's less likely to get scratched up or flake off. Make sure it's matte finish, not glossy! For large coverage areas such as sleeves or lapels, acrylic-based spray paint is the best way to cover them. Make sure you cover the rest of the jacket with newspaper so that you don't get paint on it. Spray the area that you want to paint with even strokes back and forth from two to three feet away.

Q: What's the best way to apply studs and spikes to my leather? A: The best way to punch the hole in your leather jacket to apply studs & spikes is with a dart. Darts are perfect because they're sharp, tough (they won't snap or bend), and they don't get any wider at the bottom. Press the prongs of the stud into the leather to leave an indentation so that you know where you need to make the hole. Pop the dart head through, take it out, put the stud in and bend the prongs in. Viola!  Some people use a leather hole punch or an awl but those usually just make huge holes and fuck up your jacket. Whatever you do, don't use scissors!