You want to use Sport Nylon. It's usually next to the Rip Stop Nylon at JoAnn's. The advantage of Sport Nylon is that it's smooth white nylon, where Rip Stop has all of those zigzag stiches in the material. Also, the Sport Nylon seems to be the closest to the white nylon used in softboxes and light tents. I've used it to make 6'x4' light panels, diffusion panels and reflectors and as a background. It also comes in other colors, including black, which makes a great gobo and to create negative light (absorb light so it doesn't reflect) and also as a background. I also keep a sheet of black folded up in my camera bag to use as a ground cloth to kneel on when the ground is wet, to put over my camera if it's raining or other things like that. If I use it for a background, I can wet it and throw it into the dryer for a few minutes and all the wrinkles and creases are gone.
It's about a $1 a yard more than Rip Stop nylon, but I think it's worth it.
Mike
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