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
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
> exposureto the UV from the lights. So it stands to reason that
> thread exposed to the same conditions might also deteriorate.
>
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 you live in a
house without fluorescents, sunscreen isn't much use. Halogen bulbs,
hi-intensity bulbs, and "true color" bulbs all give off UV.
The other thing to remember is that skin is living tissue--constantly
growing new cells and sloughing off old ones. Textiles can't do that,
which is why they need more protection than skin.
Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
(formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
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