Antari FLR20 Extra Dense Fast Dissipating Fog Fluid – 20 Litres
Create powerful, high-density fog effects that clear rapidly with Antari FLR20 Extra Dense & Extremely Fast Dissipating Fog Fluid – 20 Litres.
Designed for compatible professional Antari fog machines, FLR combines two deliberately different characteristics: extra-dense initial fog output with extremely fast dissipation.
This makes FLR particularly useful where a production needs a strong, dramatic burst of fog without the extended atmospheric persistence of a long-hang formulation.
The large 20-litre FLR20 format is ideal for high-volume professional users including production companies, touring crews, theatres, concert venues, festivals, film and television departments, broadcast studios, AV companies, equipment-hire businesses and large entertainment venues.
Antari officially identifies FLR-20 as Extra Dense & Extremely Fast Dissipating Fog Fluid, including it as a compatible fluid for its professional F-8 Typhon system.
Extra Dense Output with Extremely Fast Dissipation
FLR is designed to produce a visually substantial fog effect immediately after output, but unlike long-hang formulations, the atmosphere is intended to disperse rapidly.
That makes it particularly useful for effects such as:
- Dramatic stage entrances
- Short theatrical fog cues
- Scenic transformations
- Concert effect hits
- Lighting reveals
- Fast scene transitions
- Film and television takes
- Photography effects
- Product reveals
- Broadcast sequences
- Immersive experiences
- Special-effects moments
Where a production needs the atmosphere to remain continuously suspended for long periods, another Antari fluid may be more appropriate.
FLR is best selected when the creative brief calls for impact first, followed by rapid clearing.
20 Litres for Professional and High-Volume Use
The 20-litre FLR20 container is particularly suited to organisations running fog equipment regularly or operating multiple machines.
Ideal users include:
- Theatre venues
- Touring productions
- Concert lighting suppliers
- Music festivals
- Production companies
- Film studios
- Television facilities
- Broadcast studios
- Nightclubs
- AV companies
- Equipment-hire businesses
- Performing arts centres
- Schools and universities
- Theme and entertainment venues
The larger format provides a substantial fluid reserve for long production periods and high-output machines without requiring crews to manage multiple smaller bottles.
Antari’s F-8 Typhon, for example, uses twin 20-litre fluid tanks and explicitly lists FLR-20 among its compatible fluids.
Theatre and Stage Productions
FLR can be particularly useful in theatre where fog is intended as a distinct cue rather than a continuously suspended atmospheric layer.
Possible applications include:
- Dramatic entrances
- Scene transitions
- Magical effects
- Reveals
- Scenic transformations
- Dream sequences
- Dance productions
- Musical theatre
- Immersive theatre
- School productions
- Touring theatre
The dense initial burst can create strong visual impact before dissipating rapidly, allowing the next scene or visual state to begin without waiting for a super-long-lasting fog formulation to clear.
Atmospheric effects should always be coordinated with stage management, production management and venue operations.
Concerts, Touring and Festivals
Concert lighting often uses fog to reveal beams, lasers and moving-light effects.
FLR is especially useful where the lighting or effects designer wants a short, forceful atmospheric moment rather than permanent fog throughout the show.
Potential applications include:
- Artist entrances
- Song transitions
- Lighting hits
- Drops and musical accents
- Laser sequences
- Scenic reveals
- Touring concerts
- Festival stages
- Club shows
- Awards events
- Large entertainment productions
Antari lists FLR as compatible with several professional machines, including the M-10, Z-800III, Z-1000III, F-1 and various larger professional models.
Always confirm compatibility with the exact machine before use.
Film and Television Production
Fast-dissipating fog can be particularly useful for film and television because atmospheric continuity between takes can be difficult when a long-hang fluid remains suspended for extended periods.
FLR can be useful for:
- Actor entrances
- Dramatic fog bursts
- Vehicle reveals
- Backlighting
- Visible light shafts
- Music videos
- Television drama
- Commercial shoots
- Broadcast effects
- Photography
- Studio production
- Scenic special effects
The extra-dense initial effect provides a strong on-camera result while the rapid dissipation may help crews reset the environment more quickly between takes.
Camera exposure, lens choice and backlighting can make fog appear significantly denser on screen than it does to the eye.
Always test atmospheric effects with the actual production lighting and cameras before relying on a particular output level.
Fast Resets for Production Environments
Rapid dissipation is one of FLR’s defining characteristics.
This can be useful where the atmosphere needs to reduce quickly between:
- Theatre scenes
- Rehearsal sequences
- Camera takes
- Product reveals
- Broadcast segments
- Concert cues
- Photography setups
- Event transitions
A persistent long-hang formulation may create unwanted carryover into the next cue.
FLR offers another option where technicians deliberately want less atmospheric persistence.
Actual clearing time will still depend on ventilation, HVAC, fans, audience movement, room volume and other environmental factors.
Enhance Lighting for Short-Duration Effects
The extra-dense output from FLR can create strong interaction with professional lighting.
Potential effects include:
- Moving-head beams
- Beam fixtures
- Gobos
- Backlighting
- Side lighting
- Lasers
- Colour effects
- Silhouettes
- Lighting fans
- Scenic shafts of light
Because FLR dissipates very rapidly, these lighting effects are naturally more transient than those created using long-hang fog fluid.
This makes FLR particularly useful for deliberate cue-based lighting moments.
For continuously visible beams throughout a full performance, another atmospheric formulation may provide a better result.
Live Events, Conferences and Product Reveals
FLR can also create high-impact short-duration effects across corporate and live-event production.
Applications may include:
- Product launches
- Vehicle reveals
- Conference openings
- Awards presentations
- Brand activations
- Exhibition demonstrations
- Stage entrances
- Special announcements
- Immersive installations
Rapid dissipation can be useful where a dramatic reveal is immediately followed by speeches, projection, video playback or other content where lingering fog would be undesirable.
Venue approval should always be obtained before atmospheric effects are used.
FLR Compared with Regular FLG Fog Fluid
Antari distinguishes its fog fluids according to both density and dissipation.
FLG is positioned as regular-density and regular-dissipating fog fluid.
FLR is positioned as extra-dense and extremely fast dissipating.
In practical production terms:
Choose FLG where you need a balanced everyday fog characteristic.
Choose FLR where you need a stronger visual burst that clears much faster.
The right choice depends on the effect rather than simply the machine or container size.
FLR Compared with Long-Hang FLZ
FLR is almost the opposite of Antari’s FLZ formulation in terms of atmospheric persistence.
FLR: Extra dense / extremely fast dissipating
FLZ: Super dense / super long lasting
FLR is therefore better suited to:
- Fast resets
- Short effects
- Strong individual bursts
- Rapid scenic changes
- Film and television takes
- Cue-specific atmospheric effects
Long-hang formulations are generally better where the production needs:
- Persistent beam visibility
- Extended atmospheric suspension
- Continuous scenic fog
- Longer atmospheric sequences
Matching the fluid behaviour to the creative result makes atmospheric effects considerably easier to control.
Compatible Antari Fog Machines
FLR is officially listed as a compatible fluid for multiple professional Antari machines.
Current examples include:
- Antari F-1 Fazer
- Antari F-8 Typhon
- Antari M-5
- Antari M-10
- Antari Z-800III
- Antari Z-1000III
- Antari Z-1500III
- Antari IP-3000
Antari’s current F-8 specification specifically identifies FLR-20 Extra Dense & Extremely Fast Dissipating Fog Fluid.
Compatibility should still be confirmed against the exact machine model and operating manual before use.
Do not assume all fog, haze, fazer or low-fog machines use the same fluid.
Why Fog Fluid Selection Matters
The machine, heater, pump and fluid operate together as an effects system.
Different formulations can influence:
- Fog density
- Dissipation speed
- Cue timing
- Atmospheric persistence
- Visual appearance
- Machine output
- Fluid consumption
Antari manufactures several fluids specifically because different effects require different atmospheric characteristics.
Selecting the correct fluid helps the machine produce the type of effect intended by the manufacturer.
FLR Is Not Dedicated Low-Fog Fluid
FLR should not be described as a low-fog or ground-hugging fluid.
Creating a genuine low-lying fog effect generally depends on a specialised machine and cooling process in addition to the correct fluid.
FLR is designed to create extra-dense fog that dissipates extremely quickly.
Antari maintains separate dedicated products for low-fog applications.
FLR Is Not Haze Fluid
Fog and haze are related atmospheric effects, but the machines and fluids are not automatically interchangeable.
Dedicated haze systems generally create a finer, more continuously distributed atmospheric effect.
FLR is professional fog fluid intended for compatible fog and fazer equipment.
Always use the fluid specified by the equipment manufacturer.
Current FLR Composition
Antari’s current Safety Data Sheet for the FLR family lists the formulation as:
Water: 14%
Ethane-1,2-diol: 85%
Glycerin: 1%
The SDS identifies the physical product as a red liquid with a specific smell and gives a pH range of approximately 6.5–7.5.
The red colour refers to the liquid inside the container.
It does not mean that FLR creates red-coloured fog.
Important Safety Classification
The current Antari FLR Safety Data Sheet classifies the mixture under the referenced CLP/GHS framework as:
Acute Toxicity (Oral), Category 4
with the hazard statement:
H302 – Harmful if swallowed.
The SDS carries a Warning signal word and instructs users not to eat, drink or smoke while handling the product.
Professional users should keep the current Safety Data Sheet available where required and follow applicable workplace chemical-handling procedures.
Handling and Personal Protection
Antari recommends good hygiene and safety practices when handling FLR.
Current SDS guidance includes:
- Keep out of reach of children
- Keep the container closed
- Store in a cool, dry location
- Avoid extreme temperatures
- Safety glasses are recommended
- Rubber gloves are recommended for constant skin contact
- Maintain good ventilation
- Wash hands after handling
- Do not eat or drink while using the product
Respiratory protection is not normally required where good ventilation is maintained.
Always follow the current SDS and the requirements applicable to the workplace.
Spill Management
Fog-fluid spills should be cleaned promptly.
Apart from product loss, liquid spills can create a slippery surface in backstage areas, warehouses, loading docks or performance environments.
Antari’s current SDS advises keeping unnecessary personnel away, preventing material from entering waterways and sewers, and absorbing small spills with suitable non-reactive absorbent material.
Follow workplace spill-management and disposal procedures.
Smoke Detectors and Venue Requirements
Artificial theatrical fog can activate smoke-detection and fire-management systems.
Before operating fog equipment, confirm:
- Venue approval
- Fire-system procedures
- Detector-management arrangements
- Fire warden requirements
- Ventilation
- Emergency procedures
- Local venue rules
Never cover, isolate or disable a detector without appropriate authorisation and an approved procedure.
Atmospheric effects should be included in relevant production risk assessments.
Managing Fast-Dissipating Fog
FLR is designed to clear rapidly, but atmospheric behaviour will still vary from venue to venue.
Factors include:
- Air-conditioning
- Mechanical ventilation
- Open doors
- Stage fans
- Outdoor wind
- Audience movement
- Temperature
- Ceiling height
- Venue size
- Machine position
Strong airflow can make FLR disappear extremely quickly.
In a still room, the effect may remain visible for longer.
Test the fluid under the actual production conditions before finalising cue timing.
Outdoor Applications
Outdoor air movement can disperse theatrical fog extremely quickly.
Consider:
- Wind speed
- Wind direction
- Stage orientation
- Machine location
- Nearby structures
- Temperature
FLR can produce a strong initial effect outdoors, but its intentionally fast-dissipating behaviour means it is not the obvious choice where long-lasting outdoor atmospheric coverage is required.
Use appropriately rated equipment when operating outdoors.
Schools and Performing Arts Centres
FLR20 may be appropriate for larger schools, universities and performing arts centres using compatible Antari equipment.
Potential uses include:
- School musicals
- Drama productions
- Dance concerts
- Technical-production training
- Stage-effects demonstrations
- Performing arts showcases
- Concerts
- Awards events
Because the current SDS classifies FLR as harmful if swallowed, the 20-litre container should be securely stored away from students and unauthorised access.
Fluid handling and equipment operation should be undertaken by appropriately trained personnel.
Do Not Mix or Modify FLR
Do not mix FLR with other fog-fluid formulations unless specifically approved by the manufacturer.
Do not add:
- Water
- Fragrances
- Dyes
- Oils
- Cleaning products
- Other fog fluids
Changing the formulation may affect both the visual effect and the machine’s operation.
When changing fluid types, follow the equipment manufacturer’s cleaning and changeover instructions.
Storage
Antari’s current SDS states that FLR should be stored in a closed container in a cool, dry location and kept away from extreme hot or cold temperatures.
Good professional fluid-management practices include:
- Keeping the original container securely closed
- Preventing contamination
- Separating different fluid formulations
- Keeping transfer equipment clean
- Cleaning spills promptly
- Clearly labelling partially used containers
- Protecting containers during transport
- Keeping fluid away from unauthorised access
Never return contaminated fluid to a clean bulk container.
Handling a 20-Litre Container
A full 20-litre container is considerably heavier and more awkward to handle than a 5-litre bottle.
Suitable manual-handling practices should be considered when:
- Moving stock in warehouses
- Loading touring vehicles
- Carrying fluid backstage
- Transferring fluid
- Refilling machines
- Positioning containers on shelving
Where practical, use clean, suitable transfer equipment rather than attempting to pour directly from a full 20-litre container into a small machine reservoir.
Transfer pumps, hoses and funnels should be kept clean and dedicated to the appropriate fluid formulation.
Product Specifications
Brand: Antari
Product: FLR20 / FLR-20
Fluid family: FLR
Product type: Professional fast-dissipating fog fluid
Fog characteristic: Extra dense / extremely fast dissipating
Volume: 20 litres
Liquid colour: Red
Odour: Specific smell, according to current Antari SDS
pH: Approximately 6.5–7.5
Current SDS composition: 14% water, 85% ethane-1,2-diol, 1% glycerin
Safety classification: Acute Toxicity (Oral), Category 4 – H302 Harmful if swallowed
Primary application: High-density, short-duration theatrical and entertainment fog effects
Compatibility: Antari fog and fazer machines specifically listing FLR as a compatible fluid
Typical markets: Theatre, concerts, touring, film, television, broadcast, festivals, live events, schools, exhibitions and professional AV production
Why Choose Antari FLR20?
FLR20 is particularly useful where professional productions require:
- Extra-dense initial fog
- Extremely fast dissipation
- Short atmospheric cues
- Dramatic stage effects
- Quick resets
- Film and television takes
- Concert effect hits
- Scenic transitions
- Large-volume professional fluid supply
For long-lasting atmosphere or continuous beam enhancement, another Antari fluid may be more suitable.
FLR should be selected specifically when high initial density and rapid clearing are the required characteristics.
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