[SML] [EXTERNAL] Re: DIY flame retardant?

[jdunfee12 at yahoo.com]

 Regardless of if I make the flame retardant myself, or purchase commercial, I am the one doing the application. So, either way, I am on the hook.  And of course, the proof is in the testing.
Yes, I am now currently planning to do a wood profile cutout. Though, I would like to add a bit of depth.  I am not sure how I am going to do that.  But either way, the results will be painted, before I add some vegetation (I don't know if hay or straw is the right term).  It may end up being  wheat, to get the old-fashioned look to it.  I just didn't want the modern, cut short, and scrunched up, kind of hay.  There will also be some hay scattered on the floor.  For the 3rd day, I would have the most amount of hay, which I imagine would be no more than 20 lbs worth, on 3 mounds and scattered about on the floor.
-Joe

    On Monday, June 17, 2019, 7:39:28 PM EDT, Bill Conner via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:  
 
 I assume you will build a "mound" of wood and metal and fabric perhaps and just cover surface with straw? And it's straw, not hay, correct? 
On Mon, Jun 17, 2019, 12:32 PM Richard John Archer via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

And, of course, you can always buy them pre made and flame retardant…..but not cheap.   unless you are paying your labor at a reasonable rate, then, not so pricey to buy. 


On Jun 17, 2019, at 1:15 PM, Jeffrey Kanyuck via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
I was going to write the same thing as Kristi below.It would probably be better that you not DIY this for reasons of liability.Use a third party product, and then flame test once dry.You don’t need someone suing you later if your mixture doesn’t work on part of the hay. Jeffrey KanyuckTechnical DirectorHarford Community College


  
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