Hello, I've done a few gowns out of 'regular' (as opposed to moire) taffeta for my eldest daughter, but not silk taffeta. I've discovered that with taffeta if I wash the whole thing in water (not in the washer or the whole thing is a wrinkled mess), it doesn't lose it's crispness or sheen in my eyes. But if you put just a bit of water on it (like in spot cleaning) the spot is visibly obvious and (I think) I've not figured out a way to get that spot out, once it's there. Even after washing it.
My experiences with silk specifically, is with China silk, 'silk' velvet , raw silk and duponi. China Silk and Silk velvet washes up beautifully if carefully hand washed. Washing raw silk make the fabric 'stiffer'. Duponi loses it's sheen, becomes fairly stiff and loses it's resiliency for wear and tear. Just my <.02> worth... Elena/Gia -------------- Original message -------------- > Hi, > Just wondered, what will happen if a silk taffeta was dipped in cold water? > Would it get spoiled? > Thoaght about the water solluble solution for transfer of embroidering > pattern to silk. > I could try a small sampler, but thoaght some of you already tryed? > > Bjarne > > > > > > Leif og Bjarne Drews > www.my-drewscostumes.dk > > http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/ > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
