>
> >>I am sure that this is a naive question but as I, and my
> >>students, have been making carbon tissue on lining wall paper
> >>using leaf gelatine and pigment without adding sugar or
> >>glycerine, which I soon found gave worse results than if I left
> >>them out, what real advantages are there in using mylar ?
>
> Hmmm...what is leaf gelatine?
Wayde
Leaf Gelatin is a superior (at least more expensive) form of gelatine sold
for cooking purposes in the form of thin sheets of transparent material
criss-crossed with a diamond pattern of lines. Used by all the best cooks in
preference to Knox!
Peter Marshall
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