Laredo wrote:Papier mache' and several coats of hair spray ... poor man's Fiberglas.
I built a life-size R2D2 out of it, back in '78... bought the Dollar Store completely out of Aqua Net (for a float in the Homecoming Parade).
Good thing we weren't around any open fires... and if we'd've put a midget in there, he'd probably still have a buzz.
That was back before they got rid of the lacquer in it. That stuff would flat hold the hair, or anything else.