[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 will protect my skin from UV damage - >even on days when I do not leave the house! Have not seen anything written on >this subject, but it does seem logical to protect your skin as well as you >should protect fine textiles!!!
This does seem logical to me. I have had plastic pots and trays in my fluorescent-lighted plant rack become brittle or discolored from exposure to the UV from the lights. So it stands to reason that thread exposed to the same conditions might also deteriorate. Lynn Carpenter in SW Michigan, USA alwen at i2k dot com http://lost-arts.blogspot.com/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
