[SML] black masking shrunk during cleaning. . . .

[Paul Sanow]

Do you find they shrink in both directions?  I assume both ways (in the
direction of nap and across "widthwise") but curious about the experience.
Seems like another reason to consider spending more on IFR to start.

Paul Sanow ASTC
Bill Conner Associates LLC
paul at bcaworld.com

On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 4:45 PM, Barney Simon via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

>  I always tell people to expect 10%, and be happy if it shrinks less.
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> Barney Simon
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> JC Hansen Co
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> Drapes, Drops and Dance Floors
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> *From:* Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft-bounces at theatrical.net] *On Behalf
> Of *Riter, Andrew via Stagecraft
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 22, 2015 7:54 PM
> *To:* 'Stagecraft Mailing List' <stagecraft at theatrical.net>
> *Cc:* Riter, Andrew <andrew.riter at ubc.ca>
> *Subject:* [SML] black masking shrunk during cleaning. . . .
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> I knew they would, and I knew it would be unpredictable, but I didn’t
> expect the amount, or difference in amount of shrinkage. . .
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> OK, so 18 yr old velour blacks.  First treating and cleaning since
> fabrication.
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> The 26’ tall traveller panels lost 9”  (26’3 now 25’6)
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> But 3 of the 4 panels shrunk the same amount, and can work.  However, the 4
> th is an inch shorter than the others.  That’s not bad.   We can live
> with that.
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> However, across the 11 legs (original height 23’0”), the finished lengths
> are 8” apart.  Most are clustered at 22’5 or 22’6.  But we have one at
> 22’8, one at 22’7  (that’s a close pair), and 3 at 22’3, 22’2, and 22’0.
> So the legs lost anywhere from 4” to 12”, an 8” difference between the legs.
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> And 1 leg looked really funny when rigged.  We thought that maybe 1 edge
> was longer than the other.  Nope,  the middle of the drape was shorter than
> the edges.  Don’t know if that was original or not, but we certainly
> noticed it now.
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> Andrew M. Riter
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> Assistant Technical Director / Head Lighting Technician
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