Low Lying Fog
October 21st, 2009 by John WolfeIf you run a fogger in your haunted cemetery, then odds are you’re probably like me — always on the lookout for ways to improve the fog’s performance. After buying a fog machine during the 90′s (and using it for twelve Halloweens… until it broke) and then buying four foggers during the last two Halloweens, I can honestly say that fog machines of yore greatly outperformed these new “plastic jobs.” Alas, that’s the state of most items nowadays.
With that in mind, a haunter needs all the help they can get to boost the performance of modern day foggers. YouTube user subatomix has a great and simple suggestion featured in this video for creating low lying fog without using ice or dry ice: use an irrigation tube/hose to force the fog into your yard haunt.
The theory is the hose creates resistance for the fog; that resistance causes the fog to become more dense as it circulates the tube looking for an exit. As long as there’s no wind, your fog should caress and cuddle the chilly grounds of your graveyard as it pours forth from the tiny openings. I’m hoping to try this tip in the coming days. I’ll let you guys know how it goes.
For additional info, click on the video while it’s playing and you’ll be taken to the “2007 Fog Chiller/Tube” video page. Many more questions are answered in the video’s info section.
Video source: YouTube user subatomix
October 21st, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Fantastic info–you’re the go-to guy for Halloween!
October 21st, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Are you planning on using a fogger at your party, autumnforest?
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:20 am
Now that’s what I call fog!!! Moreover, your superb description of it “your fog should caress and cuddle the chilly grounds of your graveyard” is exactly how I like to see the fog…..caressing and cuddling the could damp ground. Another screen saver I would adore finding: fog rolling over my monitor as I have always been a fog kind of person, that and rain and wind. Are you going to use a fogger set up like this one John or is it to down to the wire to design one? Maybe next year since 2010 seems to hold many wonderful potentials for you
P.S.– the body part bread video was a HUGE hit with my parents and I shared with them your thought about eating the bread while sipping from your IV bag and they absolutely loved it!!! G sent it out to a few friends of his and would not believe me that it was bread. Just incredible. Take care of yourself please and see ya on the webcam.
October 23rd, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Oh I heard your comment about the skull heads. Do ya’ll have a store called “Halloween Express?” We have tons of them here and they are online as well. I called the Spirit store and they don’t have the foam kind your looking for but the hard plastic kind. I haven’t checked yet with HE but I will later today. The foam version doesn’t seem to be as popular as the hard plastic………probably because of durability. There’s a great photo of a rotting corpse laying on it’s side at their website!!
October 23rd, 2009 at 3:12 pm
That would be an awesome screen saver… especially if it was set in a real cemetery. I know the perfect place: High Gate Cemetery! Have you ever seen photos of that one before? If not, it’s in the UK — London, I believe… totally goth architecture and said to be quite haunted, both by ghosts and vampires (so the legend goes).
I’m hoping to use the hose this year. It comes with tiny holes already in the tube, so it’s just a matter of cutting it to length, plugging the end and butting it against my fog machines.
Glad to hear they liked the bread! I hope he sent the video to friends containing the SOS post link.
We don’t have Halloween Express here, but I sure would appreciate you checking for me. Thanks for calling Spirit, too. You’re awesome!