10-7-2009

today was productive! I got 120 scales dipped in the asphaltum and now have them sitting in stacks on my desk. I'll try to get through at least half of them tonight.

I set up a chair in the bathroom and put a board on it to support two copper branches. they're in the bathroom because it has an exhaust fan and a door to close to keep the fumes away. the cardboard beneath them is there to catch the dripping of asphaltum. it's getting rather black by now, as it gets approximately 1.5 drips per scale and I have been using it since the beginning of September.