refilling

[adularia]

Dear kittybrains: no, no, no, the unfixed charcoal drawings are not for pawing. I guess I should go fix them, apres-smudge. Hmph

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[quiet000001]

One can also buy special paper at sailing-type shops which is waterproof and can be written on with pencil.

Given my tendency to want to write in the bath (when I had a bath, anyway) I always wanted to find a supply which was larger than pocketsized, but no luck.

[adularia]

Oh right, that stuff... forgot about it, which is silly, since I took a blank book of it on the river trip to use as a journal. (The fact that it was waterproof came in handy many times.) Hrm, maybe.

[sickyprincess]

The bookstore sells notepads of varying size of waterproof paper. I'd always just take a sheet out and stick it to the wall with water. It stays for weeks.

[ilmarinen]

Not sure that the water proof paper would be any good for charcoal drawing.

The plumber's head insulation pad thinger works well for plumbing. I have a couple. (One has holes in it from being stapled/nailed in place for some or other awkward solder).

-B.

[adularia]

I only use stuff from a hardware store for its nominal purpose about half the time :) This is for insulating freshly made beads as they cool, in theory, not doing plumbing.

[ilmarinen]

Yeah, I followed that. Was just letting you know that it does indeed tend to insulate well.

-B.

[adularia]

Ah, nod. Thanks.

[randomdreams]

The stuff glassworkers use is coated so hot glass is less likely to stick to it when they come in contact. I've had troubles trying to use standard fiberglass because of this.

I've been told that Hobby Lobby/Michael's is a good place for vermiculite but haven't tried finding any yet.