Thread: Spider Webs!!!....UGH!!

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Can someone tell me the trick to making this store bought stuff look good???!!! I stretch it and stretch it and some parts look alright, some look like poo!!

I'm beginning to hate this stuff.

It's hard to get them to look good. I did one today and it turned out the best one I've done.
Like the back of the bag says, you have to kind of stretch out the whole roll of web before you start mounting it. I try to think of the web as a rolled up sheet. I mount the upper part of each end to a tree or bush then start pulling on the bottom of the roll--trying to stretch it as thin as possible while mounting it on a suitable branch. Try to keep the web straight, not twisted or rolled. When it gets twisted around, that's when it get hard to make it look realistic because the strands are all tied up in each other. Then just work your way along the web, stretching it as thin as possible (the thinner the better) and mounting it as best you can. Then I try to seperate all the the thick "white string" looking areas by stretching that part of the web in a different direction if needed to get it thinned out.
I hate seeing webs a neighbor has mounted that look like someone stretched out an old mop instead of a spider web.
Hope this helps!

i use alot of clear tacks to get it the way i want, and use scissors to remove anychunks i couldnt stretch out. Carefull with the scissor though can make some parts almost unusable if your not doing it right.

I place them on everything until it looks ok then I use my leaf blower to spread them out. Then I thin it out and repeat. It works great on the outdoor stuff. If you are doing it indoors then you need alot of contact points so it grabs on to something while stretching it. Use whatever possible. I placed it on the side of my house on brick and stretched it out then brought it indoors. It sticks to brick very well and gives really nice results while pulling.

Yes I will have to agree keep stretching it getting the thick spots out the more you stretch the better it will look! I think the best web you should have is the white one they have this glow in the dark green web and bloody webs which dont look realistic at all!!! The only part of the webs I hate is when leaves start to fall from the trees and get stuck in the web it is very hard to take out!!!

Like Industen said, you have to have good contact points. What has helped me the most with making store bought webbing look halfway decent are velcro dots. You only use the "rough" side. I try and place them in inconspicuous places, but so far they have peeled off without problems when I'm done. I didn't put them on any painted surfaces, though, just metal window frames and wood furniture. I actually left some in place last year (you couldn't see them) and used them again this year.

But the stretching thing is very important, also, and really makes things go much better. In using the webbing inside, I unroll the package, pull on it up and down the length of the "rope" but then I cut it into as short a piece as I need to work with. stretch it some more, then attach it to the velcro and spread it really thin and pull it really tight. I have never used it outside. Hope this helps!

I love the bagged webbing and it's always put up around here...

Lots of anchor points. (love the idea of using the velcro dots MHooch!). I use finishing nails as they are tiny and easy to bend into a hook.

Roll it out to its full length, like DaveintheGrave said, then stretch it out to put it up, and then keep pulling it... clumps get pulled up or down from where the main plane of the webbing is. The real key to getting it look good is to not think of it as a pancake flat plane - it's got to be pulled up and down and all around to get a true 3d webby effect. That's where the anchor points really make a difference. The more you have high and low and middle, the more you can pull and attach at different levels to get it looking really realistic.

The other thing that really makes a difference is that we put it up early and let it get leaves, twigs and stuff tangled in it, it gets rained on (restrung if it droops a bunch) and generally looks REALLY weathered and even better after a few weeks.

Oh, and patience. You need lots of patience. And beer...that helps too.

Originally Posted by Frankie's Girl

Oh, and patience. You need lots of patience. And beer...that helps too.

That's what I was doing wrong. The more beers I have, the better my webbing looks! At least until the next day...

Originally Posted by RedSonja

Can someone tell me the trick to making this store bought stuff look good???!!! I stretch it and stretch it and some parts look alright, some look like poo!!

I'm beginning to hate this stuff.

I've always hated this stuff!

It's great in a pinch, but sometimes it looks like snot!
Patients is key. But I usually only do it every other year, because,
as stated above, I just hate dealing with it!

I have learned over the years that the larger webbing bags are easier to use.
AND...the best thing you can have when setting it up; is a few extra hands.