Needing something to weigh down a backdrop

[wilt]

I'm looking for a bit of plastic pipe that'll clip to a backdrop to weigh the bottom of it down. I had a promotional marvel poster that came with a bit of 3ft plastic that has a slot all along it allowing the poster to be feed through it and weighs it down. I don't know what that bit is called but that's the type of thing that I'm after. Anyone have an idea where to look for that or what'd be called?

 

[Box Brownie]

Poster weights leads here

https://www.google.com/search?clien...QAg&cshid=1571793348846&biw=360&bih=616&dpr=3

Or even here
https://www.google.com/search?q=pos...roid-motorola&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

Something to get you on track, perhaps?

HTH

 

[wilt]

I've looked through them but still can't find a round one long enough. Thanks though.

 

[Box Brownie]

How about this product

https://www.hangingsystems.com/stas-poster-strip-set.html

FWIW I use some other Stas products and they are very well made!

Edit~ oooops I was must concentrate better.......I thought @wilt wanted a poster hanger weight, not the backdrop weight he stated in the title.

 

[Sky]

I don't know what your background is made of, but assuming it is paper or vinyl; how about one of these?:https://www.barkerphotographic.ie/s...tto-counter-weight-for-paper-background-rolls

If not, then the idea could easily be copied on a smaller scale with help from your local B&Q.

 

[Sky]

Oops! Just noticed that supplier is in Ireland, but I'm sure you'll find one somewhere else . . .

 

[Faldrax]

Oops! Just noticed that supplier is in Ireland, but I'm sure you'll find one somewhere else . . .

Wex appear to sell them (but none in stock at present)

https://www.wexphotovideo.com/manfrotto-mn062-2-paper-counterweight-1024452/

 

[Scots_quine]

Why not just cut a bit of plastic pipe along its length? Cheap as chips out of B&Q (or any other retailer) and you can get exactly the length you need.

 

[Box Brownie]

Why not just cut a bit of plastic pipe along its length? Cheap as chips out of B&Q (or any other retailer) and you can get exactly the length you need.

@wilt Steven

Apart from confusion about the intended application, just how wide is the backdrop?

Leading off of what @Scots_quine suggested:-

If you can get some shower curtain weights (magnetic pairs that you arrange along the bottom edge) and then use a length of plumbing pipe insulation. This insulation is pre-slit and I think you can get it in various diameters.

So, if you can get a suitable size, though it is not rigid it is stiff, you could then slide it along the edge enclosing the magnetic shower weights = a weighted down backdrop with a stiffening tube along the bottom to keep it (relatively) flat.

 

[wilt]

I've bought some vinyl backdrops and want to roll each one individually.
I'm using a bit of 2" plastic pipe with it taped to it to roll it on.
I'm looking a small round pipe (that's sturdy) that can be clipped to the bottom of the vinyl to keep it taut.
The bit that came with the poster would be ideal but i need it to be 5ft in length. It has a slot that's sort of spring loaded, that once the backdrop is feed in to it, holds it firmly.
Ideally if i could find this and just buy it in a longer length, it would be small, light and easy to use on other backdrops.