Community Theater Green Room Discussion Board: Flats out of PVC?

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MartyW
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Posted: 11/02/10 at 11:16am

We did king and I a couple of years back.. pretty easy set

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Posted: 11/02/10 at 7:26pm

David there is a post from George Pettit about applying fire retardant on cardboard

http://www.communitytheater.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4413&KW=cardboard&PID=23414#23414

also on his website;-

I still can't see the use of PVC in making up flats as a goer, when it comes to constructing 'Stiles & rails?
It may work on the odd smaller studio flats or headers, but not with much wider or taller 6' x15'+ ones.

Edited by JoeMc - 11/02/10 at 10:20pm

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Posted: 11/03/10 at 9:33pm

Glad to see all the conversation about this. The thought of PVC was a whim. In the end, we went with standard Broadway flats using 1x4s and luan.

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Posted: 11/03/10 at 10:56pm

A few comeatre groups here are opting to construct, what I call 'box framed' studio flats. Which seems to be easier to knock up but bulkier when storing them.

Like any studio flats erected in a set, they always seem to be what they are, hard flats usualy when the 'dutchman' aren't applied that well, unlike the broadway [soft] flats where calico [muslin] or roller bandage is used for the dutch jiont masking.

There again if the studio flats are covered in unbleached calico, utilising the shrinkage to tighten the surface, this would give the best results of the both skinning worlds & give a painted canvas finished surface.

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MartyW Celebrity Joined: 2/02/04 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 555	Posted: 11/02/10 at 11:16am
	We did king and I a couple of years back.. pretty easy set
	Marty W "Till next we trod the boards.."
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JoeMc Celebrity Joined: 3/13/06 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 832	Posted: 11/02/10 at 7:26pm
	David there is a post from George Pettit about applying fire retardant on cardboard http://www.communitytheater.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4413&KW=cardboard&PID=23414#23414 also on his website;- I still can't see the use of PVC in making up flats as a goer, when it comes to constructing 'Stiles & rails? It may work on the odd smaller studio flats or headers, but not with much wider or taller 6' x15'+ ones. Edited by JoeMc - 11/02/10 at 10:20pm
	[western] Gondawandaland "Hear the light & see the sound! TOI TOI CHOOKAS {may you always play to a full house!}
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Darren Player Joined: 6/11/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 17	Posted: 11/03/10 at 9:33pm
	Glad to see all the conversation about this. The thought of PVC was a whim. In the end, we went with standard Broadway flats using 1x4s and luan.
	Darren Farrington Theater Management and Production Consultant www.darrenfarrington.com
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JoeMc Celebrity Joined: 3/13/06 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 832	Posted: 11/03/10 at 10:56pm
	A few comeatre groups here are opting to construct, what I call 'box framed' studio flats. Which seems to be easier to knock up but bulkier when storing them. Like any studio flats erected in a set, they always seem to be what they are, hard flats usualy when the 'dutchman' aren't applied that well, unlike the broadway [soft] flats where calico [muslin] or roller bandage is used for the dutch jiont masking. There again if the studio flats are covered in unbleached calico, utilising the shrinkage to tighten the surface, this would give the best results of the both skinning worlds & give a painted canvas finished surface.
	[western] Gondawandaland "Hear the light & see the sound! TOI TOI CHOOKAS {may you always play to a full house!}
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