compression of punchings

[Susan Willanger]

YES   I have washed numerous old sets of punchings inside of panty hose .
It only adds a great deal of resilience to them. I usually spread them
all out on the ironing board to dry and put heavy (sort of heavy) objects
on them to press them until they are dry. Those old beautiful Steinway
Front Rail punchings respond especially well to this treatment and the
size is always correct.
Susan Willanger
University of Washington

On Sun, 16 Apr 1995, John Musselwhite wrote:

> >I routinely iron new felt puchings before I install them.  For
>
> If I recall it was Susan Graham who suggested tieing sets of punchings
> inside discarded panty-hose legs and washing and drying them before ironing.
> I haven't tried that myself as I would think that might remove too much of
> the resilience from the felt.
>
> Does anyone wash punchings before ironing them?
>
>                 John
> John Musselwhite, RPT               Calgary, Alberta Canada
> musselj@cadvision.com       john.musselwhite@67.cambo.cuug.ab.ca
>
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