You are correct, it does fall of a bit when flexed, and it does not compress as much as it used to.
As you said it would not work on synthetic fabrics. I dunno if there are bug nets made from cotton or other organic fabric.
But like I said, this was just a test, maybe it would have been smarter to buy a black net and paint few stripes and blobs with bright green spraypaint, that way there would be much less paint on the net. Gotta buy the black net and try it out.
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