Members quiltedlumber Posted January 23, 2018 Members Report Posted January 23, 2018 Going through some old drafting tools and supplies and found an Alvin Dry Cleaning Pad (35 years old) that we used to keep our drawings clean and remove smudges. I tried it on some Veg Tan pencil lines and did a good job of removing the graphite with minor effort. Alvin still sells them and are relatively inexpensive . If not familiar with them , they are a small soft cloth bag filled with gum eraser dust ( dust not chunks) that would be dusted on your drawing to keep it from smudging while using your t-square's etc. or use with the cloth bag as a gentle eraser. Reading current reviews online it appears many use them for cleaning many different items Thought I would pass this on -Thanks Quote
bikermutt07 Posted January 24, 2018 Report Posted January 24, 2018 Thanks for the heads up. Quote I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with. Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day. From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Mjolnir Posted January 24, 2018 Report Posted January 24, 2018 (edited) those are handy. for detailed work or, I've found if you've marked your leather with pencil a 'kneaded eraser', works well. Also a 'rubber cement eraser' can come in handy. both are drafting tools, cheap at any art store. Good advice! art is art. There are crossovers that people never realize till someone try's it out. Edited January 24, 2018 by Mjolnir add Quote He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which. Douglas Adams
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