WD 40

2007-02-27 Thread tony moss
Fellow Shadow Watchers, During my presentation on photo-etching techniques at the NASS Vancouver conference I mentioned my use of WD40 to 'translucify' paper artwork before contact printing onto Kodalith film. Someone in the audience proclaimed 'At last! A real use for WD

Re: WD 40

2007-02-27 Thread Chris Lusby Taylor
Wonderful! Especially "Keeps flies off cows" and pigeons off balconies. Who knows the equally unlikely history of Swarfega? It was originally sold as a cleaner for silk stockings. Then, in World War Two when machine-washable nylons came in and all silk was requisitioned to make into parachutes, t

Re: WD 40

2007-02-27 Thread wee-meng lee
Hi, Most interesting read about WD40! I should try some of the tips in there. However, > If yours is plastic, it works > just as well as glass. It's a miracle! I would be weary of using WD40 on plastics. I sprayed some on the hinge of my 200LX and after some months, it caused the plastic to

Time Lords

2007-02-27 Thread Roger Bailey
We had an interesting discussion last year on the leap second and the conflict over different concepts of time. In the December edition of Harpers Magazine there is an interesting article on this topic "Clash of the Time Lords" by Michelle Stacey. The question remains "Who will own the measure of o