Years ago when I started working in a drawing office one of the things we had to do was as follows; we were given a hanky sized square of architects linen and we had to wash off the coating to create our own cleaning cloth for cleaning our ink pens with. It's a very slimy job. As soon as the linen hits the water the 'dressing goes very slimy' and takes quite a bit of rubbing and scrubbing to get that coating off the linen.
Once the dressing is washed off however you have an incredibly fine piece of linen left behind. Unfortunately I am unable to help with what the starchy dressing is made of I'm afraid. I'd be interested to know. Off to google it now. Claire Kent, UK. Was lovely and sunny this morning. Normal service has been resumed now sadly. Claire Allen www.bonitocrafts.co.uk Crafty stuff I want to show off. On 10 Jan 2011, at 15:47, Sue Babbs wrote: > I'm talking here from a needle lace perspective, not considering bobbin lace > at all. From what you have just written, I think the fact that you don't feel > people are addressing your question may be because you are assuming > architects' linen to be like a high quality paper. > > What I was sold as architects' linen (for needle lace purposes) feels almost > like plastic. It feels more than just starch in it. The linen in it is almost > invisible. You can draw on the matte side, and then work on the shinier side. > Neither side is sticky. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
