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Dominique
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Do you use any alternative to "roughing fluid" ?
Cordially,
Dominique
Magicrma
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Safety first always.
In Prof. Hoffmann's Book "Latest Magic", he used Diachylon.
A method that allows you to put on a thin coat is to dissolve the diachylon in carbon tetrachloride.
I have not tried it. I'm not comfortable working with carbon tetrachloride outside a chemistry lab.
I feel it's safer and cheaper to buy it from a shop.

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Sid Mayer
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Spray on fixative, available from any art supply store works quite well. Simply mask the parts of the cards that you don't want roughed.

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Dominique
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Thanks Sid for this idea.
Cordially,
Dominique
Bilwonder
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Some hair sprays have worked in the past.
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Timothy
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Check the archives of the Café; also I think Testor's Matte Spray works.
Stanyon
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The best alternative to Roughing Fluid/Spray that I have found and been using for the last 20 years is Krylon Matte Finish Spray #1311. You can find this in Art/Craft supply stores. Unlike Testor's Matte Spray, which is made to be used on plastic/paint finishes; Krylon's is made to be used on paper. Imperceptible when used on cards.

DO NOT USE HAIR SPRAY!

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