[CHAT] has anyone found a good way to cross stitch on non-cross stitch fabric without waste fabric?

I tried buying one of those 10 count plastic grids and putting dots in between with a water soluble marker and pencil. But I can barely see the dots so I don't think they're dark enough.

Trying to buy some water soluble waste fabric and just waste fabric and nothing is coming in time.

Wondering if anyone found a better way to lay down a grid on non cross stitch fabric?

I am trying to Google but "gridding for cross stitch" leads to very different results than what I need.