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[ecoteat]

I popped over here from May (too see what I might have to look forward to next month!) and had to comment about that flame-retardant stuff. A few years ago my 6th grade science class wanted to test the flammability of different materials. I, being the crazy teacher that I am, let them. Among the odd things they ignited (toothpaste, aluminum foil, wool) was flame-retardant fabric. I think I can safely say that after watching the fabric melt onto anything it touches, no one that witnessed it will ever forget how much scarier THAT was than the flames themselves.

Also, thanks for the reminder to wash the car seat cover. Mine's a hand-me-down and it looks like it has never been washed. (ew.)

[AdinaL]

Yep!

All flame retardant does is keep the thing from actually bursting into flame. It doesn't mean that you can't get an ember smoldering and cause the whole thing to melt, or just smolder on a person's body.

We use is all the time in theatre - it gives actors time to put themselves out if they get too near a torch or a pyrotechnics effect, and on the curtains it give us time to put them out if they get hung up on a light, or someone walks too closely by them with live flame. It is not inteded to make anything flame proof.

I had to spray a wood fence that we hung on stage with flame retardant...my hands felt nasty for days. icky.

[aweynsayl]

Originally Posted by AdinaL

We use is all the time in theatre -

OMG, I did not know you worked in theatre too! When we did MANCHA, our costume shop tested umpteen billion fire profing materials/liquids- because the firemarshal said that anyone who carried live flame on stage had to be doused with it..... we also had a ton of candles in that show. That was quite the ordeal! For SECRET GARDEN, we just used the "fake" ones, because of the kids and the set.

[AdinaL]

Yep - we do torches a lot with the Shakespeare festival I worked for - and everyone within an 8 foot radius had to be flameproofed. And then of course it washes out...so it has to be redone...

bleh. It is much easier to use fake flame.