
FALKEN
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i cannot imagine how much I have learned since discovering this site. I have a tendency to overthink everything. So this has been quite a match for my personality. I really do appreciate all of the help. I am going to enjoy lurk mode for a while. So..my last question is....
I now have a ton of rigid fiberglass sitting in my garage. I am a city boy and not really the "hands-on" type. so the idea of building anything....maybe I should have shelled out the 3k to ethan for everything I want to build. But it is what it is what it is.
Ive got some Johns Manville 2" FSK. and some 12" diameter 1" think tube piping insulation (36 feet) which I am going to use to make tube traps.
The box it came in says "warning, may be carcinogenic"...
And it sort of smells funky.
So my plan was to cover it in plastic painter's sheets, as suggested in another thread. but it has occured to me that plastic will not pass the "breathe through" test. and will almost definitely limit the usefulness of the tube traps, due to the air pressure not being allowed to equalize.
I am now thinking that plastic might be a bad idea. I am building 18 panels in addition to the 12 tube traps. So a lot of time, money, work....I dont want to have to go back and re-do it all over again. So here I am asking questions and over-analyzing it all to hell. It seems to me that any fabric which passes the "breathe through" test will also pass fiberglass fibers, or at least the smell. Everyone says that you want to wear a mask when you handle it, but once it is settled you are OK. well, what about gobos? I am going to be moving these thing around constantly....
so really I am at a fork. I decided to build two at first, without the plastic, and see how they turn out. I am just looking for more opinions. I really appreciate all of the help I have gotten...I really can't wait till everything is finished. I dont even want to record anything until then. anywayz, thanks.
I now have a ton of rigid fiberglass sitting in my garage. I am a city boy and not really the "hands-on" type. so the idea of building anything....maybe I should have shelled out the 3k to ethan for everything I want to build. But it is what it is what it is.
Ive got some Johns Manville 2" FSK. and some 12" diameter 1" think tube piping insulation (36 feet) which I am going to use to make tube traps.
The box it came in says "warning, may be carcinogenic"...
And it sort of smells funky.
So my plan was to cover it in plastic painter's sheets, as suggested in another thread. but it has occured to me that plastic will not pass the "breathe through" test. and will almost definitely limit the usefulness of the tube traps, due to the air pressure not being allowed to equalize.
I am now thinking that plastic might be a bad idea. I am building 18 panels in addition to the 12 tube traps. So a lot of time, money, work....I dont want to have to go back and re-do it all over again. So here I am asking questions and over-analyzing it all to hell. It seems to me that any fabric which passes the "breathe through" test will also pass fiberglass fibers, or at least the smell. Everyone says that you want to wear a mask when you handle it, but once it is settled you are OK. well, what about gobos? I am going to be moving these thing around constantly....
so really I am at a fork. I decided to build two at first, without the plastic, and see how they turn out. I am just looking for more opinions. I really appreciate all of the help I have gotten...I really can't wait till everything is finished. I dont even want to record anything until then. anywayz, thanks.