Waterproof maps at the National..

[D,J,J&Ms Dad]

Can someone find out what material was used at the SOC event please? Always looking to adopt/adapt/improve our map printing.
Thanks

[Tatty]

Alan - you need to contact Nigel Benham of Sarum and BML Printers, Romsey. I think he advertisers in Compass sport. Don't have the number to hand, but could get it at the weekend.

[Tatty]

Just found it!! 01794 518899. That's his works number, or emil at
nigel@bmlprint.co.uk
Hope that helps.

[JimB]

For APOC 2002, my clubmates and I tested several different makes of waterproof paper. Teslin and Zecom were the best two. We used Teslin for APOC, and have used it since then. Dunno if Zecom still exists.

It's pricey, but totally waterproof and mudproof, and rugged enough for orienteering. There's a version for inkets and a version for laser printers. Some issues with toner loss at the folds if not fused properly. Can melt in some print shop printers, so make sure they check first that they can handle it. (Desktop laser printers seem fine.) Much cheaper by the thousand from a distributor, but available in small quantities retail some places.

[NeilC]

Yesterday BADO took the belt and braces approach of sealing a BML printed waterproof map inside a plastic bag. Perhaps there were doubts about the map being bramble-proof!