I have never understood why they call them pounce pads.
You don't pounce them on you stencil. You slide them across your stencil like you would eraser on a chalk board.
They have iron off ones and wash away also. The iron off
stay better on your quilt and then just use and iron to take it off. You can also buy chalk that looks like a pencil.
It sure doesn't make sence why she tell you that. I would think she would know better working in a quilt shop. Maybe she miss understood what you wanted for.