Ah, but many of the products for washing and cleaning have changed! This will have some small effect on the textiles being treated...from my own experience.
Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Baird" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Historical Costume'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 12:46 PM Subject: RE: [h-cost] abuse of fabrics (aka care and washing) question > If you really want to know about properties and care of various fabrics, get > a college textiles textbook. It will have all the technical details. You > could look for a used one on alibris or abebooks. You don't need the most > current, up-to-date book, because you are looking for natural fiber info, > which hasn't changed much. > Try a college library if you don't want to buy. > > Kim > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Kahlara > Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 7:11 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [h-cost] abuse of fabrics (aka care and washing) question > > Can someone point me in the right direction for info/resources on best > washing methods fof various natural fabrics, especially linen and wool. I > know that many of my off the rack 'modern' clothes specify dry cleaning, but > if I were to wash my linen and wool yardage first (cool water of course), > would that make the finished garment washable by the same method as well > without too much risk of shrinkage? It would be so much simpler. > > Thanks, > Annette M > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Mail > Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
