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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Traveller panels: 26’ 3 x 26’ 3” is now 25’ 11 x 25’ 6 h (4” of width, 9” of height)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Legs: 8’ x 23’ are now 8’ x 22’ 0 to 22’ 8” (width didn’t seem to shrink).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Again, I expected shrinkage. I just expected it all to be similar (they’d all be within a few inches of each other, to allow greater chance of pairing up same
heights). 8” swing in finished products was a bit of a shocker.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft-bounces@theatrical.net]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul Sanow via Stagecraft<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 23, 2015 2:30 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Stagecraft Mailing List<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Paul Sanow<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [SML] black masking shrunk during cleaning. . . .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Paul Sanow ASTC<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bill Conner Associates LLC<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 4:45 PM, Barney Simon via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">I always tell people to expect 10%, and be happy if it shrinks less.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Barney Simon</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">JC Hansen Co</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Drapes, Drops and Dance Floors</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Stagecraft [mailto:<a href="mailto:stagecraft-bounces@theatrical.net" target="_blank">stagecraft-bounces@theatrical.net</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Riter, Andrew via Stagecraft<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 22, 2015 7:54 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Stagecraft Mailing List' <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Riter, Andrew <<a href="mailto:andrew.riter@ubc.ca" target="_blank">andrew.riter@ubc.ca</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [SML] black masking shrunk during cleaning. . . .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I knew they would, and I knew it would be unpredictable, but I didn’t expect the amount, or difference in amount of shrinkage. . .<span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">OK, so 18 yr old velour blacks. First treating and cleaning since fabrication.<span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The 26’ tall traveller panels lost 9” (26’3 now 25’6)<span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">But 3 of the 4 panels shrunk the same amount, and can work. However, the 4<sup>th</sup> is an inch shorter than the others. That’s not bad. We can live with that.<span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">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.<span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">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.<span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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