On Monday 27 December 2004 08:48 pm, Thomas P. Gootee wrote:
background on what all you guys were trying to do, and she said, if you
want to find some of that material, just go to any "retro" clothing store--
that they oughta be able to fix you right up. She also said something about
"transfer paper" being available at the majorly large craft stores
("Michael's" being one around here), I dunno if that has been considered or
not, though she did say it was expensive.
Hope this helps...
> -------------------------------------I mentioned this to my other half, along with filling in some of the
>
> Everyone,
>
> I have finally found a GREAT way to remove the "Staples Picture Paper"
> paper-residue from a pcboard, after doing the toner transfer step!
>
> Now I just hope that I can identify what this material IS, that works so
> well.
>
> I am using a type of handmade kitchen scrubbing pad, purchased a long time
> ago through one of my old software customers, which was made by a blind
> woman whom my customer knew.
>
> At the time it was purchased, my wife was still alive. So she is actually
> the one who purchased these. However, I was present and did hear my
> customer and my wife talking about them. And I DO remember that they said
> that they were either MADE OF something called "Crinolin", or, were made of
> something LIKE something called Crinolin. And I am not sure of the
> spelling of the word "Crinolin". I also SEEM to recall hearing them say
> something about how crinolin might have been the material (or LIKE the
> material) that was used to make womens' old-fashioned petticoats!
>
> It appears to be a very-loosely-woven, somewhat-rough, slightly-stiff type
> of fabric. In my case, the stuff used to make the scrubbing pad may even
> have been shaped more like yarn, as if it came on a roll instead of in a
> sheet, and was then just "woven" and/or knitted (or something) into the
> shape of a scrubbing pad.
>
> But, anyway: This thing works GREAT!!!! Once the top layers of paper have
> been removed, I can use this pad to COMPLETELY clean off a 4" x 6" board in
> about 30 seconds, INCLUDING all of the drill holes and small spaces, with
> very little EFFORT!!
>
> I had gotten very proficient at using a toothbrush, for this step. And
> this pad does the job in much less than 1/10th the time, with much less
> than 1/10th the effort.
>
> Notes:
>
> The material does feel slightly abrasive. HOWEVER, I could NOT get it to
> scratch the copper, even when pressing fairly hard.
>
> I will email my old customer, to verify with her what the pad is actually
> made from. If I find out anything more than "crinolin", I will post it,
> here.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Regards,
>
> Tom Gootee
>
> http://www.fullnet.com/u/tomg
background on what all you guys were trying to do, and she said, if you
want to find some of that material, just go to any "retro" clothing store--
that they oughta be able to fix you right up. She also said something about
"transfer paper" being available at the majorly large craft stores
("Michael's" being one around here), I dunno if that has been considered or
not, though she did say it was expensive.
Hope this helps...