Re: Rinsing of Custom Dyed Fabric

[Sarah Lowengard <sarahl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Meg

He may reply to you directly, but did you ask Tom Klaas at Testfabrics?
He's in North-Central Penna, but if he's not appropriate to handle the
job I bet he'd know who could.

Hope all is well

Sarah
Sarah Lowengard
sarahl@xxxxxxxxx
New York CIty


M. Geiss-Mooney wrote:

> Good day, colleagues! I need your advice and input. I need to have
> rinsed about 400 yards of custom dyed cotton fabric (in various lengths)
> with warm water (approx. 100 degrees F) with a total of five complete
> water changes and then (because it is not permanent press finished or
> blended with polyester) have it pressed and then rolled on to an
> archival tube. Preferably in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, the
> Minneapolis/St. Paul area or the San Francisco Bay area. Is this
> something a commercial laundry could handle, with or without
> supervision? Would it be impossible to find a firm/person that could
> provide this service using deionized water? Any information and advice
> is greatly appreciated.
> Regards,
> Meg Geiss-Mooney
> Textile/Costume Conservator
> here in sunny but still cool northern California
>
> .