Hi Arachnids I had not read the message on the Digest, only responded to a request for how I clean x-ray film. I use it to protect the lace from staining from the pricking e.g. when I am going to spray with starch, I place the film on the pricking and make the lace on top of it. The other times I use x-ray film is to make a transparent repeating pricking, a slider and a guard. It is easier to use sticky backed plastic to protect when spraying, but if a generous amount of starch is used it can pass down through the pinholes and colour can leach up. Acetate film (0.18 thick) is a suitable substitute for x-ray film.
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