Re: Snow

>Thomas.Barclay wrote:
>>
>> Okay, I'll bite. What white powder is used on hills as flock, and on
trees,
>> as snow? I assume cocaine would be far too expensive and illegal to
use...
>> so what could it be? Care to shed some light, those who might know?
And how
>> to best adhere it to conifer type trees? Spray (blech) adhesive?
Hairspray?
>
>Three suggestions
>1) cornstarch
>2) powdered sugar
>3) Talcum powder (the most likely)

If you want talc in bulk for something like this, don't buy it from the
chemist (drugstore to you Yanks <grin>) - get it from a glassfibre
supplier; it is what we use as a filler in polyester resin castings, and
goes under various names including Microdol, Norwegian Talc, Calcium
carbonate etc.
It's non-perfumed, and costs about 10 UKP for 25Kg! Like bathroom talc,
it
get EVERYWHERE, so tell your players not to breathe too hard over the
table.....

Jon (GZG)
>
>Bye for now,
>John L.