once they are soaked keeping them between damp paper towels will keep them pliable for tying.
Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Martinez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 10:11 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Quills Change Color??? > Bob- > > Thanks for the info, especially the part the > airpockets filling up and so on. I've found that a lot > of times quills right out of the pack are kind of > stiff and brittle. I guess rather than leaving them > soaking, in the future I'll just give them a quick > soak before I tie them on. > > -John > Oregon > > > --- Bob Haering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > John never mix colors the dyes can migrate. There > > are disadvantages to > > storing quills the way you did. One you already > > found out, second when you > > let them soak in a conditioner you fill the air > > pockets. Also quills stored > > that way will not absorb any floatant. > > > > Bob H > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "John Martinez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 12:13 PM > > Subject: [VFB] Quills Change Color??? > > > > > > > Hey All- > > > > > > Was just wondering if anyone else has had a > > similar > > > problem. I had bought some stripped and dyed > > quills > > > quite a while back and stored them in a jar of tap > > > water mixed with glycerin, shoved them toward the > > back > > > of the bench and basically forgot about them. I > > was > > > rummaging around this morning and found them and > > they > > > had all turned black. When I put them in the jar > > there > > > was a bundle of lt green, one of rusty red and one > > of > > > black. The water still looks perfectly clear. I > > figure > > > I'll still use them, but it just seems weird for > > them > > > to change color like that. Has this happened to > > anyone > > > else? > > > > > > -John > > > Oregon > > > > > > ===== > > > The River- > > > You passers-by, who share my journey, > > > You move and change,I move and am the same; > > > You move and are gone, I move and remain. > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos > > > http://launch.yahoo.com/u2 > > > > > > > ===== > The River- > You passers-by, who share my journey, > You move and change,I move and am the same; > You move and are gone, I move and remain. > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos > http://launch.yahoo.com/u2
