<div dir="ltr">To expand on Scott's comment, the lightweight unbleached 100% cotton muslin strip should be TORN to about 4" - 5" wide (traditionally that would cover a 2" backflip hinge) and then "feather" the edges of the goods by pulling out warp threads until you have about 1/4" of "fringe". Apply to the primed flattage by putting down a coat of thinned white glue and then pressing the dutchman onto the surface while gently pulling it along the length to ease out big wrinkles. As you go along, using the same thinned white glue, brush a coat on top of the dutchman being carful to work the fringe out to either side of the goods. Allow to shrink dry well, hopefully overnight. Apply your base and finish coats of paint on top of the flattage and by the time you're done with that, the dutchman should be virtually invisible. This works real well if you have a highly textured pattern on the units. Don't use straight glue a you'll never get the dutchman off without destroying the individual flats. Good luck.<div>SER</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Stephen E. Rees</div><div dir="ltr">RAC Addition Project Shepherd<div>State University of New York at Fredonia</div><div>716.366.0505 Home</div><div>716.680.1565 Mobile</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 7:12 PM, Scott C. Parker via Stagecraft <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Strips of muslin is the way to go.<div><br></div><div>Scott</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 5:26 PM, John Taylor via Stagecraft <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Greetings Listers,<br>
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What are you using these days for dutch manning flats? We use to use book binding tape. We would cut to size and dip in the water bucket put it on, let dry and paint. Great results. Come strike time, tape peels right off and all done nice and clean.<br>
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Somewhere along the way over the last few years, they started use all other sorts of tape with very mixed to poor results. Recently the painters started using Gaff tape but that is just to expensive. I just Googled the book tape and there are many choices. So I wanted to see what others are using.<br>
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We are a community theatre and while we have great record keeping I can not find the company or type of book tape we use to use.<br>
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Many thanks,<br>
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John 'JT' Taylor<br>
Kirkwood Theatre Guild<br>
St Louis, MO<br>
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