At 08:58 PM 4/17/96 -0600, you wrote: >In a message dated 96-04-15 01:17:45 EDT, you write: > >> BTW, an action cloth >>maker told me that there is nothing magic about the white center, and that >>any felt or woven cloth can be made that way by applying only enough dye to >>penetrate part way into the fabric. He opined that the whole white-center >>mystique had actually originated as a manufacturing defect! And now we seem >>to have fallen in love with it, so any manufacturer trying to please his >>fussiest customers is making his premium cloth that way. >> >>- Tom McNeil - >>Vermont Piano Restorations > >I once sat in a class taught by someone from Charles A. House felt co., and >they said dyes USED to be unable to get to the center of the felt. New dyes >are so effective, they actually dip the felt in a dye retardent to keep the >center white. > >BTW, I have seen them (House) mentioned in several posts as supplying felt >directly to end users (us), but no one has mentioned there phone number or >address. Anybody got it? >Dave Stocker, RPT >firtree@aol.com >Tumwater, WA > >He who laughs last thinks slowest. > Charles House & Sons 203 673-2518>
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