Re: Ruminations on drum carding- washing

[Gail White]

The detergents are Basic H and SA8 for the two products I'm using. About 1.5
oz per 10 lbs of fiber. From what I've read in the Fannin and Amos books
that is what happens.

Gail White

> But there's some kind of detergent in there, right?  Detergent is an
> amphiphilic molecule, it has a hydrophobic tail and hydrophilic head.  The
> way it works (er, the way I thought it works) is to heat the fat until it
> melts, bind the fat of the sheep grease with the tail, the head keeps it
in > the water, so as you rinse it out, the fat goes away instead of
> redepositing.

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