[SML] Fwd: Muslin Flat Oddity

[Rob Graham]

Got bit by the gmail app; replied to Steven instead of the group. Oops.

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From: *Rob Graham* <photonguide at gmail.com>
Date: Monday, February 1, 2016
Subject: Muslin Flat Oddity
To: Steven Hood <shood_td at yahoo.com>


That's something I hadn't thought of.  The  website claims 100%
cotton.  I'm going to check the actual manufacturer's label.

Rob G.

On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 4:33 PM, Steven Hood <shood_td at yahoo.com
<javascript:;>> wrote:
> We had that problem once. We went back and looked carefully at the fiber
> content, and it turned out we were getting cotton/poly blend.
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> Steven R Hood
> 310.756.3555
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> On February 1, 2016 2:28:06 PM Rob Graham via Stagecraft
> <stagecraft at theatrical.net <javascript:;>> wrote:
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>> Greetings Stagecraft Collective:
>>
>> We're having an interesting phenomenon happen with some muslin soft
>> cover flats we're building.
>>
>> Admittedly - we're not buying muslin from Rose Brand, but off of
>> another website, and its probably trying to save a few bucks that has
>> in the end, undone us.
>>
>> Our flats are built using textbook correct application for every step,
>> and we're prepping them exactly the way both I, and the scene designer
>> have done multiple times through our respective careers.  The oddity
>> is that after stretching and applying a glue & water size, our fabric
>> is relaxing, rather than shrinking.  Neither of us has experienced
>> this before - and I've built flats using fabric from this supplier
>> (fabricdirect.com)  in the past without problem - albeit in a
>> different geographic region.  Our glue densities have been between 2:1
>> and 4:1 water-to-glue, and the same has happened when using a more
>> traditional starch-based sizing medium as well.
>>
>> Have any of you members of the collective mind experiences similar to
>> this in your adventures, and what did you do to solve it, if you did.
>> And yes, we both feel a bit.....silly....over this issue.  Its
>> happened with flats and drops we've sized over the last few years.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Rob Graham
>> photonguide at gmail.com <javascript:;>
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