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Use and care

Setup, cleaning, control, and common uses.

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How to use a fog machine

Setup, warm-up, heat.

A fog machine on a workbench with the tank cap off

Cleaning and storing a fog machine

Cleaner, then storage.

A fog machine on a bench with its manual open beside it

Fog machine troubleshooting

No fog, weak fog, leaks.

A compact lighting desk with sliders and a coiled five-pin cable beside a fog machine

DMX control, explained

512 channels per line.

A front porch at dusk with carved pumpkins and low fog drifting across stone steps

Halloween fog at home

Alarms, heat, floors.

An empty photo studio with a single backdrop

Fog for photography

Light you can see.

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Setup, warm-up, heat.

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