I have friends who still work at the sewing factory here that uses Gudegrod thread to make men’s suits and I’ll ask one of them why it’s waxed. My worked there several yrs ago, but I just asked her and she said there’s was all NON waxed at that time. Believe it or not, as sticky as wax can be, I think it’s used as a lubricant. That’s because of an old trick my grand mother and mother taught me. They’d be darning socks or fixing our torn jeans and they’d have a bar of soap (or a piece of a used candle) to stick the needle in every few minutes, and it acted as a lube and the needle slid right through the denim, but without that soap (which would be like wax) they’d have a MUCH harder time sewing them. My great grandmother and her friends used to have a huge quilting frame hung from the limbs of a shade tree, and they did the same thing with soap and/or candles Chuck
From: [email protected] Sent: Friday, March 07, 2014 10:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] RE: Gudebrod 00 orange silk and Partridge Hi Tony; The thread is new old stock from a clothing factory. I think it's waxed (dang if I know why?). It came on a 925 yard spool and I spooled some on a sewing bobbin using my wife's sewing machine. While doing this the thread left residue on the sewing machine. When tying the fly the thread felt as if I'd applied wax to it. Wayneb Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Anthony Spezio <[email protected]>; To: [email protected] <[email protected]>; Subject: Re: [VFB] RE: Gudebrod 00 orange silk and Partridge Sent: Sat, Mar 8, 2014 3:20:34 AM I do not know of any Gudebrod silk being waxed. When silk was used for tying none of it was waxed. Waxing thread came at a later time. The YLI is not waxed, if it were waxed it would not take varnish for rod wrapping, Same with the Pearsalls. This is what I think I know. If I am wrong, I would like to know. Tony On Friday, March 7, 2014 7:48 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: Hi All; Bought some NOS Gudebrod 00 silk in orange from evilbay and tried it out on one of my favorites a Partridge & orange: interesting I think the silk is waxed and much darker than Pearsalls or YLI. First photo shows Pearsalls, Gudebrod, then YLI. Wayneb Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
