There are certain things you can add to water to make it 'wetter'. In leather carving they do it all the time--it allows the water to not dry out/evaporate so fast so that you can carve longer without rewetting the leather. They use gum tragacanth for this.
Samala, Renee -------Original Message------- And what is the gimmick behind what they call "wetter water"?:
