Well, as many did I lost my entire shaping bay to Hurricane Sandy here in Rockaway NY. All electronics shot, Sandpaper, some chemicals, a lot of tools rusted and corroded by salt water. to add insult to injury, a crew of volunteers (who had the best intentions but) threw out quite a few tools as they ended up on the floor. (We had a space in a shared warehouse).
But only second to the planers and grinders was the loss of an almost new 300 yard roll of 6 oz glass. Totally soaked in salt and sewage.
A Long long long shot…but any ideas if I can salvage it?
Bleach? Bleach and live with the dirty look of it?
Or like 70% of every thing else I had, toss it in the dumpster and move on …
I threw a bunch of cloth and rice paper away after Sandy. I wouldn’t risk it…perhaps if you have a friend who works with boats. No way I would risk it on a shaped blank.
Why not try some darker pigment colors. My friend gave me some old dirty 8oz. cloth. I just did some cool dark greens and browns. Never knew it was dirty. Maybe try on a small sample first? Or a abstract color job.
I tend to figure out some way to not throw away valuable materials.
the salt will be the issue… if it was just stained…id use it on my resin tints… I had a leak in my ceiling and I had about 15 yards of 6 ounce in a roll in a box on the floor that got soaked and sat in water overnight. had a waterline… I used it on a few tinted boards and you could see the stain and it looked pretty cool.
maybe lay up a big black fin panel the width of the cloth? I still don’t think I’d use it on a a blank, but if you make a bad fin panel, you’re only out the cost of the resin and some time…