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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: cooksey on October 18, 2004, 02:47:21 PM

Title: Whats in a rosin bag?
Post by: cooksey on October 18, 2004, 02:47:21 PM
Hey there, my wife is wanting to try making some rosin bags to sell at the local house. My question is what is exactly in them and where can I purchase it. Thanks for any help you can give me.

cooksey
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Edited on 10/18/2004 10:38 PM
Title: Re: Whats in a rosin bag?
Post by: baiki on October 18, 2004, 11:34:42 PM

I may be wrong. I think it's "colodium Flexible" (sp).
Dissolve it in ether or suchlike and you have liquid plaster.
It's the same stuff that weight lifters, acrobats, and others put on their hands for a non-slip grip.

 


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Title: Re: Whats in a rosin bag?
Post by: TheBowlingKid25 on October 18, 2004, 11:38:51 PM
........cheap alternative you dont have to tell anyone about is kitty litter.
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Title: Re: Whats in a rosin bag?
Post by: da Shiv on October 19, 2004, 02:31:06 AM
There is a difference between a rosin bag and one of those hand drier bags.  I believe rosin is made from pine sap or pine tar or something of the like, and it produces a tacky effect on the skin, enhancing grip.

Those hand drier bags are just kitty litter or the equivalent, and they absorb moisture.  They help remove moisture if your hands sweat, but they don't add tackiness like a rosin bag.

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Title: Re: Whats in a rosin bag?
Post by: rkaycom on October 19, 2004, 03:56:00 AM
quote:
Ive heard you can put your ball in kitty litter to draw the oil out?


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