I've got a group using my theater who would like it to snow on the audience for about 5 minutes. I called my local rental shop and a chemical snow machine is available. My concern is causing a mess and/or damaging/staining the upholstery on my seats. The rental shop manager says that as long as I use the quick dissolving fluid and I position the snow machine in a catwalk at least 20' above the house, the snow will completely dissolve before it hits the seats below (and therefore, not be a threat to stain or discolor my seats).
I've never used these things before and don't want to take any risks of messing up my theater. Is this idea safe? Is the rental guy right about the quick dissipating snow fluid and placement 20' up?
Secondly, the rental guy says the snow will fan out to spray over a roughly 15'x15' area. I'm thinking about positioning the snow machine center house on the back of the first catwalk aimed toward the rear of the theater (which means the snow would come down right about center house). I've got about 18' between that position and the S4's at my second catwalk lighting position. Again, not being familiar with these things, is there any risk to the snow solution getting on my lights? I'm thinking that worst case scenario I might need to wipe down those fixtures and clean the lenses. I've got some decent sized box fans in the shop. I'm thinking maybe I could line those up on the second catwalk pointed back at the snow machine to help direct the snow away from the light fixtures and to spread it out a little more... Thoughts?
I've never used these things before and don't want to take any risks of messing up my theater. Is this idea safe? Is the rental guy right about the quick dissipating snow fluid and placement 20' up?
Secondly, the rental guy says the snow will fan out to spray over a roughly 15'x15' area. I'm thinking about positioning the snow machine center house on the back of the first catwalk aimed toward the rear of the theater (which means the snow would come down right about center house). I've got about 18' between that position and the S4's at my second catwalk lighting position. Again, not being familiar with these things, is there any risk to the snow solution getting on my lights? I'm thinking that worst case scenario I might need to wipe down those fixtures and clean the lenses. I've got some decent sized box fans in the shop. I'm thinking maybe I could line those up on the second catwalk pointed back at the snow machine to help direct the snow away from the light fixtures and to spread it out a little more... Thoughts?