[mrostov]

Heard a suggestion recently. Guy says he prints his maps out of his computer onto transfer paper that he gets at Walmart, and then irons them onto a piece of cloth. Says it makes then durable and waterproof.

Anyone here tried that?

 

[RIKA]

Interesting idea. Never heard of anybody doing that. Dad had a bottle of "liquid map protector" - I can't remember the proper name - that you painted on your map to weatherproof it. (The bottle's contents were dried up so I just threw it away.) I wonder if anybody uses that stuff or if it is even still around.

 

[Magnum88C]

No but I do print out close-in maps of an area and use the do-it-yourself laminating kits.

 

[Garand]

I bought a laminating machine myself last year for maps and other stuff.

 

[KJUN]

I buy those cheap clear plastic "page protectors," slip the mape in, and then tape the top edge closed. Cheap, fast, etc. way to waterproof a map that is "good enough." They usually outlast the ones I laminate by hand. Go figure.

This is also how I save plant samples for my reference collection.
KJ

 

[andy]

how would CLOTH "waterproof' a pc of paper?

 

[mrostov]

JD, it's an iron on transfer, like you would do for a t-shirt. What you have is very similar to the durable cloth E&E bailout maps issued to pilots.

 

[TODD 3465]

Yeah JD, that's how they made that T-Shirt your wife wears. The one that says "I'm With Stupid".