Simple Spray Fake Blood
When you need fake blood, and we know you often do, you have several options: You can mix up your own out of corn syrup and food coloring, you can buy tubes of gel blood, you can use paint — and now there’s another option: Â Simply Spray’s Fake Spray Blood.
I got an old dress shirt ready for my review can of Simple Spray Blood. The directions are simple: you spray the blood on your item (it works on fabric, plastic, rubber and glass), said item instantly becomes a bloody masterpiece, you let it dry. Before you start, the directions recommend placing a piece of cardboard inside a shirt to prevent bleed-through, and, of course, you’ll want to cover the area with newspaper or a plastic tarp. Â To get proper drip, Â you need to have the item held up vertically, so you can’t just lay a shirt on some newspaper and get good, drippy results. I decided to hold the shirt over the bathtub, because it seemed like there would be less of a chance on getting blood all over the floors, and it was a good call. A lot of blood dripped into the tub (and it looked alarmingly real, too). It all washed away easily — be sure to clean it up immediately, though.
My Simply Spray Blood test shirt
As for the shirt, I tried a bullet hole, dripping blood and some random splatter. My bullet holes didn’t look quite as good as the pictures, but the drip was fabulous, and the consistency and absorbency is very close to real blood. This stuff is very easy to use, and creates blood effects with little effort. The blood will bleed through, so take the cardboard tip seriously if you don’t want blood on both sides of the shirt (on the other hand, if you’re making a super-bloody zombie shirt, you can pretty much do both sides at once).
Once dry, the blood retains its bright red color, for a fresh-blood look.
Why use Simply Spray instead of paint, blood tubes or a homemade concoction? Well, because paint looks like paint, gel blood really doesn’t dry, and the homemade stuff is sticky and gooey. Dried Simply Spray blood none of these disadvantages. The only drawback is that it’s not meant for skin, and you certainly wouldn’t want to put it into your mouth (a definite concern for zombies). So, for bloody wounds on your skin and in and around your mouth, use edible homemade corn syrup blood — but for clothes, shoes, and just about anything else, use spray blood. At $5.99 a can, it’s economical and the results are great. Look for it at your local Halloween or party store, and turn your old clothes into (almost) insta-zombie costumes.
Product details:
Simply Spray Fake Spray Blood is like no other – this non-toxic, non-flammable aerosol paint creates realistic looking “fresh†blood effects. It can be used on fabric, plastic, rubber and glass and is great for costumes, décor, props and set design when a consistent and real-life look is needed. It is not intended to be used on skin and is not permanent, it can be washed out of most materials.
Spray Blood’s unique spray function provides simple ways to create effects such as dripping blood, bullet holes and blood spatter. Whether for party costumes, décor, Halloween or stage and set costumes and props, Spray Blood is a unique, easy-to-use solution. Available in 2.5 oz and 10 oz can sizes.
You can enter our current giveaway of Spray Blood right here.
