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Ben wrote:
> Chuck Guzis wrote:
>> On 15 Mar 2010 at 21:09, Tony Duell wrote:
>>
>>> I've certainly heard it called 'fish paper' over here. I am not sure
>>> if you can still buy it anywhere, if you can, I am looking for a
>>> source...
> 
> I thought old newspaper went with fish, or is that just cats.
> AES still sells that and few other kinds of paper.
> http://www.tubesandmore.com/

Hmmm, indeed they do, thanks.  "Yellow varnished cambric" as well...

> 
>> Also sometimes called "leatheroid", a name about as mysterious as
>> "fish paper".  I imagine that kraft or resin paper soaked with
>> beeswax or  paraffin wax would do in a pinch.
>>
>> I remeber winding my own RF coils on a wooden bobbin and boiling them
>> in beeswax.  Great stuff, beeswasx.
> 
> What other uses do you it for other than candles?
> BTW you can now get beeswax & foil capacitors again, fot the audio freaks.
> 
>> I discovered that paper as an insulator in undersea cables is useful
>> as if the outer jacket springs a leak, the paper will swell with the
>> moisture and prevent seawater from wicking the length of the cable.
> 
> I wonder when the last undersea cable was layed?
> 
>>
>> --Chuck
>>
> Ben...
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