Fire proof tinsel

[richard]

Hi All

I need to find some long (5m ish) lengths of tinsel in various colours for a set, and ideally it would be fire-proof. I had always niavely assumed that in our safety obsessed culture tinsel would be naturally fire proof but it appears not. I have found one supplier of something that seems ok but they only do 2m lengths

I want to avoid trying to flambar other tinsel as I am using it to create a curtain and I think flambar will quickly rub off

Thanks!

Richard

[sunray]

On 11/3/2023 at 4:19 PM, richard said:

Hi All

I need to find some long (5m ish) lengths of tinsel in various colours for a set, and ideally it would be fire-proof. I had always niavely assumed that in our safety obsessed culture tinsel would be naturally fire proof but it appears not. I have found one supplier of something that seems ok but they only do 2m lengths

I want to avoid trying to flambar other tinsel as I am using it to create a curtain and I think flambar will quickly rub off

Thanks!/

Richard

I've done a little search and not a lot comes up.

What sort of 'tinsel are you after, lametta  https://www.showtex.com/en/products/flame-retardant-textiles/string-curtains/slitdrape or garland https://www.thechristmasshop.co.uk/p/red-tinsel? I wonder if it's worth contacting the latter, they may have options.

If this is for hanging vertically, garland is quite easily joined with wraps of wire.

 

I did get to this page with fire retardant heading but individual items are not so described: https://www.etsy.com/uk/market/fireproof_tinsel

[Jivemaster]

I remember (I'm old!) tinsel made of aluminium strips, which would have some fire resistance. Modern tinsel is plastic (mylar?) with a fine deposited layer of metal, there is no way to make these fireproof.

[sunray]

2 hours ago, Jivemaster said:

I remember (I'm old!) tinsel made of aluminium strips, which would have some fire resistance. Modern tinsel is plastic (mylar?) with a fine deposited layer of metal, there is no way to make these fireproof.

 

[richard]

Thanks all - that is a very strange video!

[kerry davies]

There seem to be a fair few on Ebay, Amazon and Etsy. Try searching for "fireproof" and "flame resistant".

[musht]

FR tinsel apparently rare

East Midlands Designer Outlet, South Normanton, pics from FB, about week ago

[DrV]

Wow, that's quite the display - pity it wasn't deliberate!

[richard]

FYI for future reference I eventually found a UK company that sell long lengths of fire rated tinsel and are very helpful - festive.co.uk - don't have much on their website but are really helpful when you speak to them

[sunray]

22 hours ago, richard said:

FYI for future reference I eventually found a UK company that sell long lengths of fire rated tinsel and are very helpful - festive.co.uk - don't have much on their website but are really helpful when you speak to them

And not a million miles from London too.

Looking good.

Any idea of pricing yet?

[richard]

Quite reasonable - about £11 for a 7m length 

[sunray]

2 hours ago, richard said:

Quite reasonable - about £11 for a 7m length 

Which is pretty much comparable with the likes of B&Q etc for the ordinary stuff.👍

Edited November 25, 2023 by sunray