Quote Originally Posted by medusa View Post
Thanks Joe, I have an asbestos one and charcoal. I thought the charcoal would help me keeping a higher temp on a collar fastening I was doing and it worked. worked better with thermogel as well! I may try out the honeycomb ones as well.
Liz, I really like the honeycomb blocks because they are nice and flat. The surface of my charcoal blocks become quite bumpy after a bit of use.

Another advantage of honeycomb is that you can stick dressmaking pins or binding wire through the holes to make sure the items you're soldering stay in position (see Joe's photo).

Nina