From: Carol Guidry <carolguidry-AT-sbcglobal.net>
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 12:45:55 -0700
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Sweatproofing again...


Woops Here the site :http://www.sdsc.edu/tmf/Research/Jeff/LOMWater.html
On Jul 5, 2006, at 12:14 PM, Mathieu René wrote:

> Carol Guidry wrote:
>> Hey Mathieu how about  Liquid Latex?
>
>>  Just found this site.
>
> Hi Carol. Liquid Latex would not work for my purposes. It has a 
> marvelous
> texture, it works amazingly well in molds, but it is not the magical 
> product
> most people think it is.
>
> 1) many people are or become violently allergic to it.
> 2) latex is sensitive to human sweat. The sweat or the PH of it 
> attacks it
> and it eventually becomes dry and crumbles. This effect is even worse 
> than
> the attack from UV rays.
> The Theatre I made the Paper Mache masks for had their thick latex 
> masks for
> 5 years. They don't use them as often as a full-time company would, and
> still,  most of the masks are damaged beyond repair, with cracks and 
> tears.
> Some are completely destroyed.
>
>
> I am looking for a permanent solution that will be sweatproof for 
> everybody.
> I don,t want to gamble on what custumer will have a sweat or alleric
> problem. It would alsomean more unexpected unpaid work for me.
>
> The masks should last 20 years at the very least. I know I am aiming 
> high.
> But that's my reputation as a maskmaker on the line. I know it has 
> been done
> before. Performance masks By W.T. Benda from the 1940s are still in 
> amazing
> conditions today, or so I'm told. They were used instensively for many 
> years
> before retired into collections around the world. They were made of 
> paper.
> If only I knew what glue and specific finishes he used. I do have his 
> book
> where he explains his methods, but he does not mention any specific 
> product
> name.
> His paper: unbleached hard paper (I assume Kraft)
> His glue: he just says glue.
> His sealer: shellac and orange shellac
> His finishes: Mask is painted with fine artist oil paints. Inside is
> prptected with mandarin red lacquer and then the oil-based sizing for
> applying gold leaf, then gold leaf.
>
> I don't know if they had white glue (PVA) back then. Maybe it was 
> rabbit
> skin glue. I am thinking this because he was an illustrator and 
> painter.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Mathieu René Créaturiste
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> Puppets, Masks, Etcetera...
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>
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