I recently got a sample of olive oil soap which is being marketed as a facial cleanser. I used it, and quite frankly was delighted with how my skin felt - it wasn't tight or dry, but felt really clean and NOT needing a moisturizer.
So apparently there are variations in this product from one manufacturer to another which are extremely important!! I'd suggest that someone contact the fiber artist who loves it and ask her for more information. The specific product she likes may, in fact, be excellent. But with Orvus at our disposal, who needs it? Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [Original Message] > From: bevw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: lace Arachne <lace@arachne.com> > Date: 2/10/2006 4:39:29 PM > Subject: [lace] olive oil soap and lace > > Hi everyone > I have it on good authority that olive oil soap should not be used for > cleaning precious lace (the watchword being 'precious' - and the > choice of word mine). There are a couple of things to consider > further, and because I don't have the time available to research, > perhaps it might interest someone else to followup. The considerations > are: Orvus is an accepted product for cleaning vintage and antique > textiles. It is also used for cleaning fleece, and even the animals > themselves, such as for a show. It is known that it won't damage the > fibre (and if it is sodium lauryl sulfate, it would be in hair shampoo > products - although I'm seeing labels that announce 'does not contain > sodium lauryl etc.' - what that means, I dunno. I digress). Having > heard that olive oil soap is used for washing textiles, particularly > those with protein based fibres (silk, wool), logic would tell me that > if Orvus is used for washing protein based fibres and also precious > textiles including lace, then by the same association olive oil soap > could be used likewise. However, it would be interesting to compare > the composition of Orvus and olive oil soap. Orvus shouldn't leave any > residuals that would impose damage on cotton and linen textiles such > as laces; olive oil soap might (and even the word 'oil' in the > description could be a warning). But like I say, I don't know for > sure. Maybe someone could check into it. > > My free advice is - if it's really precious lace, stick to the tried > and true methods. If you want to give an everyday textile a bit of a > scrub, and you have olive oil soap available, then try it. I > understand that a brand called Sunlight is used by textile > conservationists in other parts of the world, but I don't know this > product's composition. > > The Sunlight soap 'here' (North America) is a harsh hard soap which is > used for laundry, used to be every home had some, but you can still > buy a package of the yellow bars. It isn't very nice on the hands, but > a little bit goes a long way, and it could be used for every day > textiles too. > -- > bye for now > Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) > Cdn. floral bobbins > www.woodhavenbobbins.com > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
