"Hunt" <noone DeleteThis @hunt.com> wrote in message
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> In article <coito5$1dsi$1@news.nextra.cz>, rado DeleteThis @alert.sk says...
> >
> >When there are a lot of specialist for this area
> >I would like to use your know-how.
> >
> >Is it possible to use one or several layers of the bubble-foil
> >[for protecting fragile goods] as cheap diffuser?
> >[I know that some heating protection is necessary].
> >
> >Or forget it anyway?
> >
> >Many thanks.
> >--
> >Rado1
>
> Fist thought is that you might get some very interesting lenticular
> highlights! You might want to either visit a cine supply store for
Rosco-lux,
> or similar, or a drafting supply shop for Herculine, or another frosted
> drafting medium. Now, the sheet foam packing might work fine, but you'll
lose
> a lot of F's, as that stuff is thick.
>
> Hunt
>
I've tried that packing stuff, and it is quite good, but as you say, absorbs
a lot of light. Not bad outdoors sometimes, where you might actually want
to absorb light as well as diffuse it on occasion: the sunlit flower against
a shadowed background type situation.
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