Re: [lace] indoor UV

2006-06-06 Thread Lynn Carpenter
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And the key word is fluorescent-lighted. Fluorescent lights give off a lot of UV. Incandescent (normal light bulbs) light has *much, much* less--that's why the light is so yellow-looking. We had UV filters on our fluorescent bulbs but not on incandescent ones. If

[lace] indoor UV

2006-06-05 Thread Lynn Carpenter
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You might consider keeping your thread stash out of artificial light as well as sunlight. Please remember that museums use filters on lights and reduce the lighting in galleries - to protect textiles from UV emitted by lights. For this reason, I use products that

Re: [lace] indoor UV

2006-06-05 Thread robinlace
From: Lynn Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You might consider keeping your thread stash out of artificial light as well as sunlight. Please remember that museums use filters on lights and reduce the lighting in galleries - to protect textiles from UV emitted by