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How do they make cob webs?


I'm really curious to know how movie special effects create all those spider webs in old houses and caves. Anyone know?

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Back in the 70s when I started in the film industry we used contact cement. The glue was dispursed in front of a fan that blew the strands out on the set. Because contact cement was highly flammable a new process was developed. It uses hot glue sticks. It's heated and blown into the set with compressed air.

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