No See Um Netting
Inspired by the talk of NoSeeUm netting I contacted David at Skeeta and arranged to purchase a 3 metre square piece.
This arrived today so I set about trying it out.
First things first, I think I went a bit overboard on the size.
Although it's a big piece, the weight (according to the shipping document) was just 9.6 grams. No idea what that is in proper money but it's pretty lightweight stuff.
As it was so big I had to test it outside so I planned to suspend it between two lighting stands.
That's when I discovered that it's pretty good at catching the wind.
Even though there was hardly any breeze, the thing was all over the place and the lighting stands had no chance of holding it steady.
I had to run some Garden Twine (cus that's strong enough) between two handy trees to hold it in place. Even then, the breeze still took it so I had to weigh the bottom down and eventually run twine through the bottom fold over to keep it relatively stable.
Here's a pic of the netting with the (redundant) lighting stands either side.
As Darkness fell I fired up the smoke machine and clicked away.
There are more pics in my gallery.
My impression is that using a scrim definitely adds to a laser show.
No longer do you have to peer at a back wall to see graphics so it adds an extra dimension to shows with folks able to appreciate the beams coming at 'em (above head height of course) as well as appreciating the graphics or just the pretty patterns.
The service from David at Skeeta was excellent.
I rang him with my requirements and asked for an extra flap to be added to the bottom (to weigh it down) after I had received my original quote and David agreed to add the extra fold over for the original price.
The order was shipped on Monday and arrived four days later so no worries about the mailing service either.
Just make sure you think about the size of scrim you need !!
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Originally Posted by soforene
....and armed only with his trusty 21 Zorgawatt KTiOPO4...
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