From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mathieu_Ren=E9?= <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 23:40:48 -0500
Subject: [Puptcrit] TIP: glue for marionnette knots




I recently was told about a neat sewing product called Fray Away.
It's a clear liquid glue made to stop fabrics from unraveling.
It dries very fast, faster than the super glue Locktite.

It seems to retains some flex, contrary to Locktite, which is a good thing, 
I think the string will have less tendency to break near the glue joint.
It has a tendency to run fast from the bottle, so be careful, be patient, 
don't squeeze hard.


Background.
I needed to glue some knots on my puppet eye mechanics, and the stores were 
closed at the time. Our costume maker on the project was there, and happened 
to have some Fray Away with her.

She told us they used crazy huge quantities of it while working on the epic 
hit movie 300, needing to make sure all those tattered rags the characters 
wore would not unravel. They bought all the Fray Away stocks from all the 
sewing stores they could find in the Montreal area.







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