Could not send message to USER: jennfee Reason for Mail Failure below: ******************************************************** Message not Delivered. Recipient's Mailbox Over Quota. ******************************************************** At 10:55 PM -0400 7/1/99, Earl S. Dunlap, Jr. wrote: >These compounds, depending upon the hydrocarbon chain lengths & structure >can convey waxiness & lubricity. They also tend to be humectants (draw >water). Like glycerine pulling moisture into a dead pinblock. >They don't really change the chemical known as "wool." They draw water from >the air which tends to soften, and they attach fairly strongly to the wool >adding lubricity if their hydrocarbon chain is on the long side. By lubricity, would you mean reducing fiber-to-fiber friction, as fibers move under the impact with the strings? Or simply as Betty Sue is pulling the sweater over her larger-than-last-year profile? >BTW (1) Some people are allergic to them. Probably why Lever listed it on the jug! >I hope this helps a bit rather than makes your eyes glaze over, Bill. You win the ice cream cone, Frank. Just what I was looking for. (Now, where's that Biker magazine so I can unglaze my eyes.) Bill Ballard, RPT New Hampshire Chapter, PTG "We mustn't underestimate our power of teamwork." Bob Davis
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