Long time lurker, first time poster here.
Newly minted SM in Canada here, working on a low-budget, site specific piece under CAEA's Indie 2.0 agreement (profit-share).
Context: we have glass props in the show (wine bottles, clear glass candle shields). I've always heard people talk about wrapping glass props in clear tape to prevent a hazardous mess if the glass shatters during the show. Due to the low budget nature of the show, there is no props person to refer this problem to.
Issue: as far as I can tell this solution is aesthetically worthless. I can't seem to apply the tape carefully/meticulously enough to achieve a result that doesn't look like, well, a wine bottle wrapped in packing tape. The candle shields are even worse, since the curved shape makes even application nearly impossible. I've also tried regular clear Scotch tape, which surprisingly applies more evenly but still doesn't really work. My next step is trying self-adhesive plastic book covers (the kind used on school textbooks), but I just thought I'd see if anyone here has advice on a cheap solution. From what I recall, the self-adhesive covers were hard to apply in an even, airtight way even on the flat surface of a book.
Any advice?