Deb Thanks for the tips. Do you know anything about "feather mite", my dad mentioned it to me and said that it can survive extremely high temps????? I haven't been able to find any reference to it on the web, admittedly I haven't been down to the university library yet so am asking without having done all the research.
The bike is definitly worse off than I am. David C ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deb Duran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 2:34 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] New materials > David > I'm glad to hear you are alright..... at least you can sit on the tender > parts and still type! I hope you're bike wasn't too bad off also. > If you're feathers are plucked I liked the microwave trick Joyce told me. I > throw them in the microwave for a minute and let them cool then repeat it a > couple times. That will kill everything. I wasn't brave enough to try it > out on things that were on the skin yet. The oils in the skin can cook so > if you try it do it for shorter periods of time to test first. I also wash > them in woolite to clean them. Some people put them in the freezer but I've > heard that this will only cause some of them to go dormant and they can > resurface when the conditions are right. > Deb > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Colyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 9:01 PM > Subject: [VFB] New materials > > > > Hi All > > > > A mate of mine came to visit last night, after he'd heard that I'd tossed > my > > motorcycle down the highway, this last Sunday. It was more to take the > > mickey out than anything else :~) And rub salt into the road rash on my > > butt. Anyway, he brought around some Guinea fowl wings and a bag of > Egyptian > > goose breast feathers from a bird shoot he went on while I was getting > more > > closely acquainted with the tarmac. > > > > Two questions for you: > > > > One: how do I treat these "fresh off the bird" materials so that they do > not > > infest the rest of my materials with nasties? > > > > Two: Any tips on dyeing the Egyptian goose, I've not tried the dyeing > route > > and this pile of barred, greyish to bronze feathers seems like just the > > thing for me to start on, seeing that I'm not going to be doing anything > > outdoors sporty for at least two weeks. > > > > And you guessed it.... I'm going to possibly be nagging you for patterns > > that include the two new material acquisitions. > > > > Cheers now > > David C > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > > E-mail Disclaimer and Company Information > > > > http://www.absa.co.za/ABSA/EMail_Disclaimer > > > > > > ______________________________________________ E-mail Disclaimer and Company Information http://www.absa.co.za/ABSA/EMail_Disclaimer
