At 14:25 +0000 12/1/09, lee innocent wrote: >John, >Where is do you buy the rosin, is it bow rosin? I think bow rosin would work fine but I seem to remember it's rather tough. The stuff I use I buy by the pound from the French polish suppliers. It's very cheap and more friable than bow rosin, and it's a transparent yellow colour. I'm not sure what tree it comes from -- probably from the fir. It is used by French polishers melted together with beeswax and powder colours to make up stopping and I use it also for that. The resin could be dissolved in alcohol and painted on the pins as a "pin driving fluid" and, though I've often thought of it, I've never actually done it. Other people on the list say it works, so I see no reason why not, if it's practical. On the other hand the dry resin does just as well. JD
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