Soaking And Drying Kiloware

Ha ha, I do exactly the same thing. I have a pile of 12 stamp drying books (I made a bulk purchase once while I was getting some catalogues from Germany). They're in constant rotation - when I fill one, it stays on the top of the pile and from the bottom I pull out the oldest one and sort the stamps within. That one then becomes the working book. The whole pile gets a couple of old SG Commonwealth catalogues on the top to add some weight, and everything comes out nice and flat.

And like Rod says, it's always a nice treat to find what was in the oldest book!

Ryan

It's obvious Ryan,
great minds, tinker alike.

Rod, I went back and read your 2/23/11 post on "The Drying Sandwich" and have a few questions I'm hoping you can help me with:

1. What exactly are tea towels and where do I get them?

2. Are the freezer bags you refer to made of plastic or wax paper?

3. What are the dimensions of an A4 book or an A4 freezer bag?

Thanks,
Jeremy

Hi Jeremy,
a Tea Towel is a common dish wiping cloth
can be picked up at red dot stores for $1
A close weave cotton example is best.

Freezer bags are plastic non stick type things
available from any supermarket, try A4 size.

A4 size is your common everyday copy paper size
of the paper that you put in your printer.

Please advise if you have any problems

They say a picture is worth......

Here is a basic snap I just took
It has come out dark but you get the general idea

The el cheapo book for pressing
the freezer bag and pages (which look grungy
in the poor light)

Don't recall in horror, these pages are dog eared but
still prssing stamps after 9-10 years :)

This made me laugh, it's funny how you don't realize that common terms in one english speaking country may be completely meaningless in an other.

The term te-towel would be instantly understood by any Aussie, but when you take a look at the word it seems to be completely meaningless, and no wonder it was confusing. I am not sure where it came from, but I Googled it,and so, from Wiki (what would we do without it?):




:)

I, on the other hand, am very liberal minded,
I do not mind if my servants dry my precious coffee mugs.

Yeah, but I bet you would not let them near your stamps!

:)

I am currently making a T shirt
(I believe in stamp promotion)

The best I can come up with is
"I am a stamp geek"
any improvements are welcomed.

Telling people I collect stamps has winkled out two local collectors
so it does work.
Stampies tend to hide behind closed doors in front of computer screens.

Rod:

Here are my suggestions for your T-Shirt

Show Me Your Perfs

"Phool-latelist"

Picture of a stamp, with large GEEK under picture

I'm Unhinged

Have Tongs Will Travel

Wanna See My Roo?

Be careful with that last one
Kirk

Rod, maybe you should start a topic for stamp collecting slogans. You might get some good ideas that way.

Here are two:

I'm hooked on collecting stamps.



Holy hinges, Batman! Who knew stamp collecting could be so exciting?

I use a Whitace stamp press to dry/press my stamps. It works better than anything I've tried before. Its about 3 by 4 inches, and I place the stamps between layers of blotter paper and then in the press. You can alternate layers of stamps and blotter paper so that you can do maybe a hundred stamps or more at a time if you wanted.

The only issue I've had with it is if I have a souvenir sheet or something that is bigger than 3 by 4 inches or so.

If you Google stamp press I bet you could find one. It wasn't expensive (maybe $15 or so) and the blotter paper that comes with it can be used over and over.

Matt

I use a Whitace stamp press to dry/press my stamps. It works better than anything I've tried before. Its about 3 by 4 inches, and I place the stamps between layers of blotter paper and then in the press. You can alternate layers of stamps and blotter paper so that you can do maybe a hundred stamps or more at a time if you wanted.

The only issue I've had with it is if I have a souvenir sheet or something that is bigger than 3 by 4 inches or so.

If you Google stamp press I bet you could find one. It wasn't expensive (maybe $15 or so) and the blotter paper that comes with it can be used over and over.

Matt

Thanks Kirk, for your contribution.

I've decided to reject cheap humour,
I ditched all my efforts,
I am going the dignified route.......

At this stage I am going for my favourite
Travancore Conch stamp, underneath

"Stamp Collecting,
500,000 stories and still counting"