White Center Felt

John von Rohr jvonrohr@tiac.net
Thu, 18 Apr 1996 21:10:13 -0400


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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