Scrim (material)

This may also be combined with camouflage to completely hide a person, such as a sniper,[2] hunter[3][better source needed], or wildlife photographer.

[6][7] British and other forces have also made constant use of issued or privately purchased scrim fabric as a sort of improvised scarf that can be quickly converted into a face veil or similar.

A scrim can be used on the back of a perforated (acoustically transparent) movie screen to reduce the amount of light shining through it.

[citation needed] The technique of using scrim as a reinforcement occurs commonly in the manufacture of glass-fiber or carbon-fiber composites.

[11] A similar usage of the term is found in sailcloth manufacture, where scrim is a strong loose weave of fibers laminated into the cloth to provide extra strength and stability to sails.

[12] In carpentry, scrim is a very heavy, coarsely-woven fabric (similar to hessian or to coarse canvas) which is stretched over interior boards to provide support for wallpaper and to add extra rigidity.

Scrim is also an item that utilizes plies of tissue reinforced with a layer of nylon (much like a fishing line or heavy-duty mono-filament) or cotton thread.

Scrim is a glass fiber (previously burlap) open-mesh tape used to cover joints in plasterboard/wall board before plastering.

[11] Scrim was handed out during World War II to tape windows, so that they should not cause hazardous shrapnel in case of bomb blasts.