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Help my Gobo is burning!

Actually, all gobos burn to some degree. If a Gobo Projector unit is new, or the gobos are new, oils can burn off and create a small bit of smoke, this is normal.

What can be a problem is, that if the lamp in your Gobo fixture is not properly focused in the gate, which can create a hot spot, or uneven burn.

The newer instruments are genreally cooler than the older lighting instruments, but you should still make sure that your lamp is bench focused, to avoid a hot spot, or a cocentrated burn area. The attached pictures show 3 different gobo burn types.

The bottom picture shows a burn from a older traditional unit, showing a nice complete burn across the gobo.

The middle picture shows a lamp that is out of focus and is creating a hot spot. A hot spot from a non focused lamp will cause your gobo as well as you gel to burn out early.

The top picture shopws a typical burn from one3 of the newer cool beam units which create far less heat than older units.

The typical gate temperature of an older 1k unit, was over 1700 degrees at the gate, newer cool beam units, have dropped the gate temperature to less than 500 degrees.

Color Gel Filters and Split Gels

Everybody knows how to use gel. You select the color to enhance the mood you want to convey, slide it into a gel frame and place it in the gel frame holder in the front of your instrument. But sometimes you find you need a subtle mix of colors to achieve the look you want, such as a sunset, water or a stained-glass window effect. Sometimes you feel the need to add extra excitement to a pattern.

These effects are easily attained through the use of split gels- various pieces of gel taped together. The light from an instrument will blend the colors a little bit, but you’ll still get enough separation of color to achieve some interesting and unique looks. There are endless ways that colors can be used together to achieve a myriad of looks. It is important to note that a split gel will look entirely different depending on which way it is inserted in the instrument, which instrument and beam spread is being used, even which pattern you are using with the split gel. A stained-glass window split will have three different appearances when used with three different window patterns.

Wedding Gobos

Wedding Gobos are a great way to personalize and add that special touch to your wedding. Having a custom gobo made for your wedding is a simple process that can be done from your own design in as little as a few days. There are over a hundred different gobo sizes which come in both glass and steel, so it’s important to know which lighting fixture you will be putting the gobo into before you begin production.

GoboMan is a great source for not only custom gobos, but gobo projectors and all other theatrical supplies.

Gobos Glass or Steel?

We get many questions about wedding gobos and the differences between Glass Gobos and Steel Gobos.
With a steel gobo, think of it as sort of like a stencil- The design is being cut through the metal, which would require tab support lines to keep the image intact- holding in the centers of letters, things like that. Steel gobos project white light or a single color by using a gel. Glass gobos employ a silk screening process on top of the glass, so they do not require support tabs, and can be muti-color. The cost of glass is almost 4 times as much as the cost of steel, so it's important to take into consideration not only your personal aesthetic, but also your budget concerns. Please contact us at www.goboman.com if you have futher questions or need help designing your custom gobo.