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Hi Josh,
What is the mesh made of any chance of a pic ?
Have you thought of using a pan splatter guard ...... for a few bucks they go a long way cut with sharp scissors.
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Go to a local dressmaking fabric shop and look at the bridal veil fabric - may also be called tulle - it usually comes in various weights and mesh sizes. A yard or a metre will probably last you a lifetime! HIH
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Walmart has the bridal veil. I bought a roll ( 65 yards ) for about $5.00 and painted it silver.
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nomad Wrote:Walmart has the bridal veil. I bought a roll ( 65 yards ) for about $5.00 and painted it silver.
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hey guys, thanks for the suggestions. I think i got this figured out to what will work great. Instead of using white glue to fix the material to the fence, im using super glue, it keeps the "mesh" down and it doesnt have to be perfect when it goes on.....
I would like to get some of that Tulle, ill have to see about getting some next time im at WalMart getting spray paint lol
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You may want to pin sections of it out square and paint it first. The paint may help stiffen the material so it does not change shape. This is only a theory though - I have sacrificed one of the spatter guards for my fence...
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Hi Josh. The paint does stiffen it, I used ordinary aluminum color can spray paint which seems to work fine.
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The only caution I would have about using a spray can to paint tulle, is the probable excess of paint plugging the "holes". If you are going to use a "can", set it in warm water until the paint heats up, shake well, and don't get too close when spraying.
I used thinned silver paint, airbrushed on a strip of tulle that was suspended. No paint, able to use the supporting surface, to flow into and the holes.
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Sumpter250 Wrote:The only caution I would have about using a spray can to paint tulle, is the probable excess of paint plugging the "holes". If you are going to use a "can", set it in warm water until the paint heats up, shake well, and don't get too close when spraying.
I used thinned silver paint, airbrushed on a strip of tulle that was suspended. No paint, able to use the supporting surface, to flow into and the holes.
That's true. I used a very light pass with the paint can about two feet away from the material. More like a misting then outright painting.
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Sumpter250 Wrote:The only caution I would have about using a spray can to paint tulle, is the probable excess of paint plugging the "holes". If you are going to use a "can", set it in warm water until the paint heats up, shake well, and don't get too close when spraying.
I used thinned silver paint, airbrushed on a strip of tulle that was suspended. No paint, able to use the supporting surface, to flow into and the holes.
Good way to stop plugging of the holes is to hold the tulle with the spray can underneath and spray up so any overspray falls away.
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Tulle also comes in silver and makes an excellent chain link effect. Saves you from the cursed paint blobs...
One thing that might help you with the other is to use blue painter's tape to control the cut. I stretch out the fabric flat and holt it with tape. Then I put a strip down, marking it the height of the fence I want. I simply cut the fence out with scissors, then carefully peel off the tape. Blue painter's tape is designed not to stick too hard and so I rarely tear the fabric.
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Thank you guys!! Shaygetz, now its coming back to me, if i remember correctly, you had a thread over on the "other" forum about making a chain-link fence right? Any chance you could post that here?
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