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Collapsible reflectors
Obtained my first collapsible reflector. Nice 42" deal. Great.
Except.....can't get the darn thing back in the bag. Any tricks for "collapsing" them properly? |
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Andy-J wrote:
Obtained my first collapsible reflector. Nice 42" deal. Great. Except.....can't get the darn thing back in the bag. Any tricks for "collapsing" them properly? If you mean a plastic/rubber ring with material stretched across, one way is to bring opposite sides together, then fold the two loops into each other, kinda. I haven't got it here so I'm working from memory. Does that help? Tom |
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Andy-J wrote:
Obtained my first collapsible reflector. Nice 42" deal. Great. Except.....can't get the darn thing back in the bag. Any tricks for "collapsing" them properly? If you mean a plastic/rubber ring with material stretched across, one way is to bring opposite sides together, then fold the two loops into each other, kinda. I haven't got it here so I'm working from memory. Does that help? Tom |
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Twist baby, twist.
"Tom Hudson" wrote in message .. . Andy-J wrote: Obtained my first collapsible reflector. Nice 42" deal. Great. Except.....can't get the darn thing back in the bag. Any tricks for "collapsing" them properly? If you mean a plastic/rubber ring with material stretched across, one way is to bring opposite sides together, then fold the two loops into each other, kinda. I haven't got it here so I'm working from memory. Does that help? Tom |
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Twist baby, twist.
"Tom Hudson" wrote in message .. . Andy-J wrote: Obtained my first collapsible reflector. Nice 42" deal. Great. Except.....can't get the darn thing back in the bag. Any tricks for "collapsing" them properly? If you mean a plastic/rubber ring with material stretched across, one way is to bring opposite sides together, then fold the two loops into each other, kinda. I haven't got it here so I'm working from memory. Does that help? Tom |
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Obtained my first collapsible reflector. Nice 42" deal. Great. Except.....can't get the darn thing back in the bag. Any tricks for "collapsing" them properly? the small ones practically fold themselves. Wait till you try one of those backgrounds that is 8 foot wide. grab opposite sides and bring them together, make one hand slightly lower than the other, the other two corners should start to turn inwards with mickey mouse like ears, one slightly inside the other, just encourage that folding. or just twist and you will see something curl up underneath, just keep it going and it will fall flat. when you wrestle with a really big one you don't that spring tension to keep that third side going and unfortunately most of us don't have a third hand. |
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Obtained my first collapsible reflector. Nice 42" deal. Great. Except.....can't get the darn thing back in the bag. Any tricks for "collapsing" them properly? the small ones practically fold themselves. Wait till you try one of those backgrounds that is 8 foot wide. grab opposite sides and bring them together, make one hand slightly lower than the other, the other two corners should start to turn inwards with mickey mouse like ears, one slightly inside the other, just encourage that folding. or just twist and you will see something curl up underneath, just keep it going and it will fall flat. when you wrestle with a really big one you don't that spring tension to keep that third side going and unfortunately most of us don't have a third hand. |
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