<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">We ran a ‘flame test’ and the material behaved as one would expect 100% cotton. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Staples to the side, using the method as outlined in Gillette’s “Theatrical Design and Production” textbook. (Thats out Stagecraft Textbook)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 1, 2016, at 20:24, Jon Ares <<a href="mailto:jonares@arescreative.com" class="">jonares@arescreative.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Rob -<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As others have said, sounds to me that perhaps there might be a bit of poly in the cotton muslin... I've had that happen as well, as well as unfortunate experiences with 'pre-shrunk' bleached muslin.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Anyway, my question to you is what is your method of attaching the muslin? Staples? Staples to the face, to the edge of the frame, or to the back? Or staple-less, and just the glue? I've had terrible results with the staple-free approach, and best results with the staples-on-the-side approach, but don't want the muslin wrapping, if possible. What's your "textbook correct application?"</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> - Jon</div><div class=""><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>-- <br class=""><div class="gmail_signature">Jon Ares<br class=""><a href="http://www.arescreative.com/" target="_blank" class="">www.arescreative.com</a><br class=""><a href="http://backstagethreads.com/" target="_blank" class="">http://backstagethreads.com</a> </div>
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