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My old instructor warned me about cheap graphite paddles from that online auction site, and he was dead right.
The one I bought for $25 last month started flaking black carbon into my gather after only two uses, completely ruining a set of clear tumblers I was making for a show.
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taylorellis6mo ago
That flaking carbon can get into your ventilation system too. I had to deep clean my whole studio hood after a cheap paddle shed everywhere. The dust gets on everything, not just your current piece.
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the_nathan6mo ago
Ugh, that's the worst. I ended up just taping a sheet of plastic up inside the hood to catch the flakes before I switched to a better paddle.
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xenaf516mo ago
Yeah, it's like what @taylorellis said, the mess spreads. You see this everywhere, cheap stuff costs more in the long run because you're fixing the problems it causes. Saving a few bucks upfront just isn't worth the hassle.
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