French chalk (magnesium silicate) is wonderful stuff to have around the workshop with a wide range of uses. Also known as welders chalk, tailors chalk or soapstone we supply it either as a powder or as convenient sticks sawn from natural rock. It can be used:

• for marking up dark coloured timber and metal surfaces.
• as a welding flux.
• for marking up fabric.
• as a lubricant for moving wooden parts (drawer runners or sliding cupboard doors for example)
• as a stropping compound.
• in tongue and groove floorboard joints to reduce squeaking