>>I've been spinning roving that the processor didn't quite get all the lanolin >>out of--and we're talking Shetland here, with little or none of the waxes >>Merino is infamous for. <<
Hmm. There's a very good chance that it's not lanolin. All processors scour the fiber, to remove the lanolin. Then they spray the fiber with some kind of oil based product. That enables the fiber to be more easily carded. Spinning oil doesn't show its face, unless the fiber sits for a period of time. It's often mistaken for lanolin, because people aren't aware that the processor uses spinning oil, during the carding process. I stopped sending my fiber to processors. Not one of them could assure me that they wouldn't use spinning oil, during the carding process. wrnk d2 To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
