From: "Deborah Hunt" <dhunt-AT-caribe.net> To: <puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org> Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:07:16 -0400 Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Strengthening mat board Stephen, Do you have a source for lexan? Deborah ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Kaplin" <skactw-AT-tiac.net> To: <puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 11:14 PM Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Strengthening mat board > I'd say try Lexan (polycarbonate, which is totally unbreakable, yet > still has a good deal of flex. We use 1/16" for large figures and > thinner (.05 mil) for smaller figures or pieces. You can paint it with > Krylon spray paints. > > Stephen > On Mar 14, 2006, at 9:54 PM, Daniel McGuire wrote: > >> Folks, >> >> I'm building shadow puppets. I'm using a new kind of desktop laser to >> cut the many holes. Traditionally, wayang are made of parchment - ie >> leather, but the laser has problems cutting leather . I wonder if there >> is a way to strengthen mat board materials. I understand that persimmon >> juice is used in Japan to waterproof and strengthen paper used for >> stencils, but I cannot find a source for it here in the states. I >> wonder if linseed oil would be at all helpful. Mat board is both a bit >> too rigid and to fragile - fold it more than 30 degrees it breaks and >> rips. I wonder if sandwiching Tyvek between two pieces of board might >> work better - it would be certainly have more tensile strength, and be >> harder to rip. >> >> Plastics seems to be where I am headed - but it too can be brittle. >> >> In short, I'm looking for something that is tough like leather, >> flexible like leather, perhaps translucent like leather, but ain't >> leather. >> >> Suggestions? >> >> Cheers, >> DMCG >> >> _______________________________________________ >> List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org >> Admin interface: >> http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org >> Archives: http://www.driftline.org >> > > _______________________________________________ > List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org > Admin interface: > http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org > Archives: http://www.driftline.org > _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Admin interface: http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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