In Reply to: Re: I don't have sandboxes either. posted by wazoo on April 21, 2007 at 11:38:11:
Jeff is pretty wise, and I agree with him on this.It wasn't regular sand, it was the stupid "repti-sand" you buy at pet stores. This is what the people who practice this bizarre ritual use. (it isn't silica, it's fractured quartz crystals) I assume it was completely dry, and it seemed so. It is very fine and there is no need to pack it. I just filled the boxes with it.
I have never seen any grit of sandpaper as aggressive as this stuff. It is literally like little fractured glass knife edges, and with just some skin exposure it quickly becomes an irritant and leaves marks on your skin. It's sand from hell. If you put it in a sandblaster you could probably cut someone in half with it.
I have always seen and understood air is the best dielectric and I approach packing my boxes that way. I can very much recommend isolating the boxes afterwards with herbies iso dots.
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- Re: I don't have sandboxes either. - Peter Gunn 13:25:02 04/21/07 (7)
- Re: Jeff is not only wise,... - wazoo 15:53:18 04/21/07 (6)
- So Is Herbie - Peter Gunn 16:14:02 04/21/07 (5)
- Herbie's Iso Dots?? :-)) ... - andyr 02:27:20 04/24/07 (4)
- You too brutus? - Peter Gunn 06:34:42 04/24/07 (3)
- I believe, I beleive, Caesar! :-)) ... - andyr 15:02:54 04/24/07 (2)
- That's Better :^ ) - Peter Gunn 21:35:50 04/24/07 (1)
- Re: That's Better :^ ) - andyr 00:36:45 04/25/07 (0)