> Like Lance I find a 50/50 mixture of denatured alcohol and water to be the >best "shrinker" and rarely have to repin. What is the difference between >straight alcohol and a mixture?...I don't know but there definitely is >one. Because it's the water that does the work. More water, more effect. The alchohol is just the wetting agent that gets the water into the wool. > As for the other 'spirits' mentioned...they belong in a glass, over ice, as >a reward to yourself for doing good work and not on/in the action of a piano. >Different strokes I suppose :-) >Jim Bryant (FL) > Maybe, but I personally find the smell of the drinkable stuff a lot less offensive than either denatured, or methanol. So do my customers, apparently, because I hear comments like "Oooooh, smells like a party", if I'm doing this in their home. Since they all seem to do about the same thing (the alcohols, not the customers {hmmm, then again...}), I opted for the least offensive to me and mine. That's all, very simple like most of my convictions. Well, OK, *opinions*. I've yet to be convicted. Ron
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