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I thought they were both Hydrated Potassium Aluminium Sulfate... commonly known as alum. Thats what my pencil is at least...

NO alum block... just a little pencil.

Sorry the "which is a pain" was directed at the 1cm at a time thing... meaning I'd have to learn this scything that you talk of. But scything makes me nervous because thats the same stroke I use to...

@Utopian- this makes a lot of sense... thanks for letting me know. Didn't think about it but now it seems obvious, its just a matter of levers... if your wrist/hand/arm/whatever moves two degrees at...

WTG pass= 5ish mins, no trouble. XTG (if I do it, WTG is normally close to BBS) is also 5ish mins. ATG pass= 10? 15? mins depending. I think it is taking too long and letting it dry cus its great...

What I do is use a lot of water and most of it runs off in the first stages. I know about the problem you mentioned... the lather I make end sup having no visible bubbles, even close up. It feels...

I know I've been here a few months and I know it says senior member next to my name, but I am still a newbie and here's some questions I have.

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