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
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] dipping silk in cold water
Just wondered, what will happen if a silk taffeta was dipped in cold
water?
Would it get spoiled?
Spoiled no. But you'd probably lose some of the shine and crispness. It
works well on any kind of silk I've tried (though I've
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Duponi loses it's sheen, becomes fairly stiff and loses it's resiliency for
wear and tear.
I dyed down a dark with white stripes [to tone down the contrast] dupioni in
HOT water in the
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
Just wondered, what will happen if a silk taffeta was dipped in cold
water?
Would it get spoiled?
Spoiled no. But you'd probably lose some of the shine and crispness. It
works well on any kind of silk I've tried (though I've never tied taffeta).
Fix your dye with vinegar though, or use silk
