Crossed three states for that perfect marbled paper and what a letdown

Heard about this amazing paper mill from a forum buddy, decided to make a road trip. The place was packed, lines out the door, but the selection was tiny. Every marbled sheet I saw had blurry patterns or weak colors. Tried to ask about weight and grain, got shrugs from the staff. Drove back with just a few scraps that are useless for covers. So much for a fun material hunt, now I'm rethinking my whole project. Maybe next time I'll just order online and save the gas money.

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amy_lopez802d ago

Try soaking those scraps to see if the colors revive, it worked for me once!

davis.leo2d ago

Waste time on old scraps?

gonzalez.viola10h ago

The phrase "waste time" really depends. Your question made me remember a box of my grandma's old fabric scraps I almost tossed. They looked like faded rags, but I shook them out and found these amazing old quilt pieces sewn together inside. It was a total surprise. Like what amy_lopez80 said about soaking to revive colors, sometimes you just have to look at old stuff a different way. I'm glad I didn't just dump the whole box.