I may be wrong. I think it's "colodium Flexible" (sp).
Dissolve it in ether or suchlike and you have liquid plaster.
It's the same stuff that weight lifters, acrobats, and others put on their hands for a non-slip grip.

 


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baiki
"Faulty mechanics makes all balls bad."  Bill Hall, BTM Dec. '98

There is a difference between a rosin bag and one of those hand drier bags.  I believe rosin is made from pine sap or pine tar or something of the like, and it produces a tacky effect on the skin, enhancing grip.

Those hand drier bags are just kitty litter or the equivalent, and they absorb moisture.  They help remove moisture if your hands sweat, but they don't add tackiness like a rosin bag.

Shiv
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