Subject: RE: PUPT: Re:Stiffening shadow screen
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 21:34:20 -0400


Hi Will

No I am going for a more durable screen. the untreated fabric gets dirty 
very fast, Grubby fingers, wet marker color, lunch etc.

When I first started to do this a long time ago real RV material was very 
expensive and harder to get.

So a friend (don't remember who) told me about using glue (Starch 
reactivates with moisture) It made the screens last and the images looked 
better and as a plus it did diffuse the light a bit, Now a days I use an 
overhead with transparences to add effect.

Alas it has been years since I used the glue mix and I remember there was a 
trick to it part was in the mix and part was in the number of coats and to 
which side of the screen they went. it may seem strange but it did matter.

thank you  though for responding

Steven Hollow
Magical Stage

-----Original Message-----
From:	will stackman [SMTP:profwill66-AT-hotmail.com]
Sent:	Sunday, June 16, 2002 5:44 PM
To:	puptcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
Subject:	PUPT: Re:Stiffening shadow screen

"Sizing" a shadow screen with white glue, presumably to make it more opaque 
may not be the best solution. If the muslin is new, a 1 to 6 mix is what we 
sometimes use to prepare scenery for a primer coat.  That fills the fabric
and doesn't crack visibly.  For s screen that won't be painted, spray 
starch
might be an option.  Most times when I'm using cloth, which I prefer, I use 
clean bedsheets, washed once and ironed with no additives.  Are you trying
to get a screen that will diffuce light enought so the source won't be
visible as a hot spot behind the screen?




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