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Anonymous Sat Jan 14 22:57:10 2017 No.1114990 [Reply] [Original]

What's a grayish, powdery, nontoxic substance I can use to mimic common dust? Something that can be applied quickly.

Need this for use in a film. Everyone recommends baby powder, but it shows up as too white, even on camera.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 14 22:59:31 2017 No.1114994 >>1114990 Woodpulp/sawdust

Anonymous Sat Jan 14 23:01:06 2017 No.1114995

>>1114990
>Baby powder
That's what you use to cause anthrax scares in the post office, you retard.

If you want dust, then use dust. If you're too much of a pussy to breathe in poussiere, then fuck off with the dust; you breathe it in everyday of your life anyways.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 14 23:07:46 2017 No.1115001 >>1114995 You're an idiot. Dust clumps when sweep it. I need a natural, even application that can be applied quickly on set. Fuck off to /v/ or /b/ with your presumptuous bullshit.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 14 23:14:48 2017 No.1115009 >>1114990 Find someone with dandruf.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 14 23:18:05 2017 No.1115011 Unbleached flour. Its brown

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 14 23:20:40 2017 No.1115015 Ash.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 14 23:21:21 2017 No.1115017 >>1114990 Just collect actual dust. It's all over the place. If you're making a film you should have plenty of staff and relatives with dusty attics and basements you can offer to clean.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 14 23:23:20 2017 No.1115018 >>1114990 >shows up as too white tried adding charcoal?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 14 23:26:59 2017 No.1115019 >>1114990 portland cement

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 14 23:30:47 2017 No.1115021 File: 46 KB, 1020x682, chapin duster.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1115019 apply using pic related

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 14 23:35:36 2017 No.1115024 >>1115015 This. If not your trying too hard.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 14 23:44:57 2017 No.1115028 -Locate the closest mat -Shake it like a motherfu... -Find more mats if necessary, repeat second step Find a second mat,

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 14 23:58:48 2017 No.1115036 >>1115001 >Calls >>1114995 an idiot >Wants dust without using dust See >>1114995 & >>1115017, you fuckin' retard.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 15 00:40:20 2017 No.1115057 >>1114990 Use normal grade cement.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 15 00:46:15 2017 No.1115062 Bring an old Italian woman to your set with a rug and a stick.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 15 00:50:13 2017 No.1115064 >>1115001 It doesnt clump if you use compressed air or a flour sifter .

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 15 06:02:09 2017 No.1115166 File: 108 KB, 396x478, 62969097.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >grayish, powdery, nontoxic substance If you know what I mean

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 15 06:09:32 2017 No.1115169 >>1114990 Vacuum the house, then empty the bag wherever you need?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 15 07:05:54 2017 No.1115184 >>1115001 >Dust clumps when sweep it. Mix talcum powder with the dust. It has a natural anti-clumping agent.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 15 07:11:20 2017 No.1115186 >>1115169 dont be crazy, OP has already clarified that dust is nothing like dust and will never work.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 15 07:24:17 2017 No.1115191 Next time someone asks me what I do for a living, I'll say I manufacture film grade dust. And that I have a trade secret recipe that doesn't clump like your typical dust.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 15 07:50:24 2017 No.1115197 File: 84 KB, 303x312, 1462853197239.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1115191 >Thereby making it more realistic you forgot this part

Anonymous Sun Jan 15 09:52:59 2017 No.1115237

>>1115191
>>1115197
You joke, but I promise it'd sell. Realism doesn't matter. It's not about what's real, it's about what feels and looks good at a glance. Almost nothing you see in a film is real, and there's damn good reason for it. Here's why people recommending actual dust are mongoloids:
>Dust contains hairs, debris, bits of web, and clumps that are too too small and numerous to be controlled or altered in a timely manner for closeups. If it can't be controlled fast and practically, to minute detail, then it's not appropriate. Maybe if you were just throwing that shit on the floor, it'd be fine, but we're not.
>Can't realistically get enough of it. You have to assume things will go wrong. Shit will get spilled, things will be done incorrectly and have to be done over, etc. Murphy's law. If I can't have buckets of spares sitting by on set, then it's not appropriate.
>Actors are whiny pussies and will pout about their sinuses or some shit if they suspect that the dust is real. This wastes valuable time.
>Literally collecting dust would be cheaper, but so time consuming that it simply isn't worth it, even if it was perfectly consistent and controlled. A small production doesn't have enough people on board to have a guy spend three afternoons vacuuming up attics. That's fucking ridiculous.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 15 10:26:50 2017 No.1115248 fullers earth. standard film fx material.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 15 13:31:15 2017 No.1115323 >>1115248 Fuller's earth is good, baby powder and graphite mixed will work as well.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 16 05:09:53 2017 No.1115731 >>1114990 Cocaine. You're making a movie, so plenty of this should already be on hand.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 16 05:28:07 2017 No.1115736 >>1115237 Well if your team actually hoovered up your own houses you would easily have a good amount with 0 extra work. Or did mom just change the hoover bag?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 16 19:42:51 2017 No.1116178 Flour, baby powder and a DROP of grey paint Mix/shake well

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 16 23:55:04 2017 No.1116341 >>1115001 Vacume your dirty pigsty apartment empty filter into bucket mix with baby powder 1:1 ratio

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 17 00:06:03 2017 No.1116351 Tile grout. Comes in just about any color you could want.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 17 00:11:54 2017 No.1116355 Fine soil, sifted through an old t-shirt

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 17 00:25:21 2017 No.1116359 >>1114990 cremated jews

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 17 00:27:36 2017 No.1116360 Lint?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 17 00:49:59 2017 No.1116372 ash should work pretty well I'd think

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 17 00:56:51 2017 No.1116377 >>1116359 This

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 17 01:00:12 2017 No.1116379 >>1116359 >>1116377 He said it had to be non-toxic

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 17 01:08:45 2017 No.1116384 File: 63 KB, 582x600, americanlaughter.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1116379

Anonymous Tue Jan 17 01:58:00 2017 No.1116400

>>1115011
Home baker here.
That flour is almost as white as bleached. In reality, "unbleached" just means they let it lighten naturally instead of using a speedy chemical.

Functionally, the main benefit of that is that it works better for bread. It also goes over great with the natural-foods crowd. But when it comes to looks, it's nothing like unbleached paper. I could only tell the difference between it and standard white flour by putting it directly side-by-side.

Anonymous Tue Jan 17 03:44:23 2017 No.1116425

I think you are an idiot for various reasons, but this is what you need.

If you need a cloud instead of a coating use fullers earth.

Since this is/diy/ squire both and several other powders of various types and make several blends of fake dust and tell us which blend is the most dust like.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 17 03:45:33 2017 No.1116427 File: 153 KB, 364x500, FILLERPOWDERFILLITE20K355-2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1116425 Forgot pic.

Anonymous Tue Jan 17 05:32:04 2017 No.1116467

>>1114990
OP is an idiot for two reasons:
a) if you're really concerned about non-toxic, specify whether it needs to be applied to people or just set dressing.
and b) why aren't you asking movie people what they use? Surely there's something they already know of that works and looks good for this exact purpose?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 17 05:51:13 2017 No.1116470 >>1114990 Mix of baking soda, powdered charcoal/graphite, and red pottery clay to desired color. Non-toxic, cheap, self-extinguishing, vacuum, broom, or water cleanup.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 17 06:20:01 2017 No.1116482 >>1114990 Sandpaper + a piece of wood. Or just get ahold of some fine sawdust. Or perhaps cement if you need it utterly grey. Might be too fine though.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 17 06:56:23 2017 No.1116496 >>1116482 Cement is also highly caustic and a respiratory hazard. And, you know, the whole "sets to a stonelike material" if you get it wet.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 17 12:49:49 2017 No.1116615 >>1114990 http://www.rogergeorge.com/special-effects/dust-dirt Buy from here or figure out what its made of.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 17 15:48:27 2017 No.1116681 >>1114990 Brick dust, cinderblock preferably. Just grab a drill and start collecting

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 17 15:51:24 2017 No.1116683 >>1116681 I've done set construction before, many years ago. Trust me son

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 17 17:08:10 2017 No.1116733 cement. powdery and grey. job done!!

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