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You have to remember, just like silicone baking trays, cake moulds etc, this can handle up to 260 degrees C. No hairdryer on the planet will be sold giving out that kind of temperature. Well, one hopes not LOL.
By the way, that's hotter than the ignition temp for paper.

I cook using silicone baking trays etc, and they don't suffer shape changing heat in the oven.

Well, it can be bent and made to hold a shape, takes a fair bit of heat, and could be quite dangerous if you breath in any fumes. It will work with a hot air gun, the type used for stripping paint, but that could most certainly cause fume setting off burning.

Bearing all this in mind, I like it, may help to bend it and clamp it around a desired shaped and sized piece of wood before heating then cooling it.

Back again, after my heat experiment that was around 300 to 350 degrees C, all I effectively did was make the mat more flexible at the bend. Looks like all I've done is break the stiffness. It will go back flat, and hasn't shrunk.

So, I then tried another experiment without using heat. I bent the mat fully back on itself like you would when you want to crease a piece of paper. Although the mesh went flat again, it is more pliable where I bent it.

My conclusion; don't bother heating it up. Cut it to the size you need, make those folds where they need to be, then when you tie it down, it will hold shape.

Cons; it won't act like a proper net affected by gravity.

For only a quid, it was a worth while experiment me thinks

Wardog wrote:found grip mat comes in a roll and found on ebay,or pound shop made from silicone
could be ideal as camo netting.

No good if it's not the right colour, especially as I doubt it would take paint.

Wardog wrote:you must be a knight owl.

Nah, just an ordinary rank and file owl. . . .

I guess I'm more of a halberdier owl, although I would prefer to be an archer owl. . . .

The silicon gripper won't be any good if it's not rope colour

Nah, you've totally lost me?

totally went over his head lol

Maybe it'll hold a bend if its left in the close proximity of a nuclear reactor, about 30 mins at reglo 9?

That's a shame. I wonder if it would soften if painted in an oil of some kind. Is there a chemist around who can throw any light on this?

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Well, it softens when you "crack" the coating, it's like a white nylon thread soaked in a hard wax is the best way to describe it, just with an extremely high melting/burning point.

When I say soften, it won't go like a purely string version, but would be pliable enough to hold a shape when tied down.

Like Son.. Im using Grippy Mat. 1.5M for £1 in poundland and its Brown - milk chocolate color. About 3mm mesh size and not consistent which i like.
However if you roll it or fold it then it becomes to stiff to drape properly.
Drapes better if you cut it into layers then loosely sow near the edge in the same color to stop it separating or flapping.

While your in the cheap shop take a look at sives/strainers. They used to have fine metal mesh which will obviously bend and hold a shape. A flat piece can be used as grills etc for engine covers or whatever.
I was looking last week but the cheap one they had used a plastic mesh. But these places are always changing stock so maybe next time.

Yeah, I got one of the metal ones early last year.

Oh, I pop in that shop as often as I can. Don't forget they often sell bicycle brake cables