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Norah Link

Rosin on the floor -Reply

Aug. 1, 1997, 6:11 p.m. (Message 8415, in reply to message 8392)

Except that water also ruins the shoes.  I have resorted to applying
the non-skid silicon compound to my SCD slippers, and find it works
very well.  For highland/step dancing, I use rough sand-paper to keep
my ghillies clean and the suede raised.  This helps enormously for most
floors, and when the floor is really slippery I use rosin (applied to
my ghillies, not to the floor).  The rosin can be cleaned off fairly
easily with sand-paper provided you do it at the end of class (when it
hasn't had a chance to harden), whereas the water tends to just soak in
and ruin the leather.

Norah Link
Montreal, Quebec

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My experience over the years is that the use of rosin tends to build up
a
hard and possibly sticky patch on the shoe which then becomes almost as
slippery as the floors! It is also very hard work to remove.   A
technique
that I have found helpful with a very slippery floor is to paddle the
feet
in some water until the leather is soaked (almost through to one's
socks). 
This has helped me stay upright on some diabolical floors.

Colin