What extra ‘must have’ equipment would you recommend?

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Thanks both :-)
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A useful piece of kit to have is a fibreglass electrical contact cleaning pen. Great for removing small blemishes on mountboard. :clap:
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Thats interesting Prospero what sort of blemishes would it remove from mountboard would you use it instead of a rubber or sharp blade?
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theframer wrote: Thu 21 Mar, 2024 5:46 pm Thats interesting Prospero what sort of blemishes would it remove from mountboard would you use it instead of a rubber or sharp blade?
It's more controllable than a blade or rubber. Using a blade often makes the mark worse and a rubber just scuffs up the surface.
You can dig embedded particles out with a blade but you can hide the hole with a fibreglass pen by teasing the paper fibres over.
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Thanks Prospero
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Ooh interesting, thanks!
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