Matt Cabinum Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 I was 2nding on a feature where one particular scene took place in the pouring rain and writing on the slates became a bit of a problem. The Dry Erase died immediately and the sharpie wouldn't stay on either, nor would the vis a vis marker, or the white gaff with sharpie on it. Just wondering if anyone knew of a good way to slate in the rain, or any place with lots of moisture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kar Wai Ng Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Having dealt with situations like this in a non-ideal fashion (plastic bags, slating under umbrella, etc) what I've done is taken an old scratched-up slate that doesn't erase very well anymore, and converted it into a velcro slate. I put patches of white adhesive loop velcro on the front of the slate, and covered the back of the slate in loop velcro. Then I made lots of 1" stick-on numbers and letters with a labelmaker and hook velcro, and put them on the back of the slate. So in a rainy situation, you can pull out the velcro slate, and just stick on new numbers as needed, without having to deal with a marker. Unfortunately, since I've made this slate, I haven't yet been in another situation where I needed it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Thorn Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Having dealt with situations like this in a non-ideal fashion (plastic bags, slating under umbrella, etc) what I've done is taken an old scratched-up slate that doesn't erase very well anymore, and converted it into a velcro slate. I put patches of white adhesive loop velcro on the front of the slate, and covered the back of the slate in loop velcro. Then I made lots of 1" stick-on numbers and letters with a labelmaker and hook velcro, and put them on the back of the slate. So in a rainy situation, you can pull out the velcro slate, and just stick on new numbers as needed, without having to deal with a marker. Great idea. I'll have to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Lavalley Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Has anyone tried grease pencil/china marker? Might be kind of a pain to erase, but I think it would stay on. I think they even use grease pencils when scuba diving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Wengenroth Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Cool, my slate sucks now so I think when I have spare time (rare, haha) I will convert it to Velcro. Camera Assistant Arts and Crafts Time! Then we can make friendship bracelets! :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Chris Keth Posted June 19, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted June 19, 2009 When you get sick of dealing with the rain, you can just move to LA. It renders this whole discussion obsolete. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan McGregor Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 http://www.modular51.com/index.php?main_pa...;products_id=56 I just bought this, same idea as velcro'ing up a dumb slate, but for a timecode slate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Alderslade Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 http://www.modular51.com/index.php?main_pa...;products_id=56 I just bought this, same idea as velcro'ing up a dumb slate, but for a timecode slate. I wonder how the old chalk-boards hold up in the rain, it feels like everyone has one knocking around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Cabinum Posted June 19, 2009 Author Share Posted June 19, 2009 Thanks everyone Velcro seems to be the way to go. Ryan, Thanks for posting that link, probably going to pick up one of those on the next "rain" shoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian henderson Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 i always just end up holding the slate upside down when writing on it so the front doesnt get wet, and i keep a towel in my back pocket to erase/dry off the slate each time, and make sure the marker doesnt get wet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hyslop Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I wonder how the old chalk-boards hold up in the rain, it feels like everyone has one knocking around! I would guess they hold up better than dry-erase or water-soluble, but would still be susceptible to running. Just a guess, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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