Klarinet Archive - Posting 000910.txt from 1997/04

From: deerich@-----.net
Subj: Re: Silk swabs
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 05:24:00 -0400

Reedman2@-----.com wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Since my wife sew's and there has been much praise about silk swabs of late I
> decided to ask her to make me a new swab. 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?
>
> Thank's
>
> Thomas
> Reedman2@-----.com
Silk is never particularly absorbant in nature. Though I think some of
the nubby or raw silks are better than the shiny ones. I think that the
silk swabs perform there function by "dragging" the water out of the
bore rather than absorbing it.