Klarinet Archive - Posting 000886.txt from 1997/04

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Silk swabs
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 12:21:40 -0400

Reedman2@-----.com wrote:
> The material she has on hand is
> 100% pure silk but does not seem to be very absorbant at all. Infact it seems
> to be almost waterproof! Does it need to be washed to make it absorbant or
> what?

Most probably it has been "sized" (chemically treated) to make
it LESS absorbent. One cycle through a washing machine (something
that will probably make your wife shudder) will make it absorbent
again. At least, it sure made a blouse my wife threw into the washer
by accident once into one of my best glass cleaning rags ...
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