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Aaron, I use Johnson's Baby powder (unscented). It works fine and hasn't damaged the latex seals at all. You should be able to find it in any drug store. Dive On, Sean Creagan Virginia Institute of Marine Science On Thu, 30 May 1996, Aaron Pailthorp wrote: > I can't stomach paying $6 for 4 oz. of fragrance free talc (Trident) at > the local dive shops, when plain old talc at the drug store goes for > $2/24 oz. Unfortunately, the drug store stuff comes with perfume, which > I understand is bad for latex seals. > > Can anyone tell me where a good place to get talc, with no additives, > is? > > I've been trying drug stores, billiard shops (is the powdered "dust free > chalk" the same stuff?), and now I'm thinking artist supply shops... > Anyone want to save me a bunch of investigative leg work so I can bypass > the exorbitant (Trident) markup? I'm in the Seattle area. > > Hell, I'm even thinking just take some of the drug store stuff, and bake > it for an hour or so, and hopefully evaporate the perfume out. But that > seems a little desperate. > > Thanks, > -->Aaron > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. >
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