From: Sarah Van Keuren (svk@steuber.com)
Date: 02/05/01-09:16:24 PM Z
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>
> On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Sarah Van Keuren wrote:
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>> How wonderful that a long soak in cold water can equal a short soak in hot
>> water! I like the green idea of not heating the water. But I thought hot
>> water made clothes shrink in a way that no duration in cold water could do.
>> Once I boiled a pair of size 7 pigskin gloves in red dye and they shrank to
>> infant size but leather is different from paper and maybe clothes are
>> different from rag paperŠ
>>
>
> and maybe another paper is different from the ones I tried (I don't
> remember which tho it's in file). But did you ever leave pigskin gloves
> in COLD water for 30 hours?
>
> Judy
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>
No, I didn't and I've run out of my mother's pigskin gloves. But I could try
a long cold water soak of a half sheet of BFK Rives (250lb) versus another
half sheet with a short soak in hot water quite easily. Will report back
ASAP.
Sarah
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