Re: Padding for storage

[Rebecca Tinkham <r_tinkham@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have washed and dried polyester fiberfilled homemade pillows.  They do dry
thoroughly in a dryer, but after multiple washings eventually get lumpy.  I
don't think it is from the heat melting the fibers together, but more of a
felting process.

Rebecca Tinkham
Associate Conservator
Department of Conservation
Museum Resource Division/DCA
Santa Fe, NM


> From: "Packer, Nancy" <PackerN@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: Textile Conservators <TEXCONS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: TEXCONS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Padding for storage
> Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 13:19:40 -0400
>
> Can the stockinette "sausages" (custom or pre-made) be washed & dried? We
> occasionally do battle with moth infestations, & it would be helpful to
> know that we weren't cross-contaminating if we were to re-use these. Will
> tumble-drying thoroughly dry the polyester fill?
>
> Nancy Packer
> Collections Curator
> The Design Center at Philadelphia University
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Textile Conservators on behalf of Sarah Lowengard
> Sent: Thu 5/3/2007 4:58 PM
> To: TEXCONS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Padding for storage
>
>
>
> (wearing my hat as a consultant for Testfabrics...)
>
> Testfabrics carries pre-made "stuffers" -- a resin-free polyester
> batting in a cotton stockinette. They are 1 meter long and about 1.5"
> diameter, although you can compress them to a diameter between 1" and 2"
> (with corresponding change in length).  I've shortened them by cutting
> and re-stitching the end and have made longer stuffers (or odd shapes,
> when needed) by stitching pieces together.
>
> I don't remember the current price but the 2002 catalog says $3.50 to
> $4.50 per piece, depending on the quantity purchased.
>
> You can also purchase stockinette tubing and the fiberfill batting
> separately.
>
> Testfabrics
> PO Box 26
> 415 Delaware Avenue
> West Pittston, PA 18643
> 570-603-0432, fax 570-603-0433
> testfabric@xxxxxxx
>
>
> Sarah
>
> Sarah Lowengard
> Conservation Consultant, Testfabrics, Inc.
> sarahl@xxxxxxxxx
> New York City.

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