On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, Jeff Franson wrote: > I have used steam generated from a garmet steamer to soften hammers the > heat helps expand the wool fibers plus it does not take long to treat. I > would like to know if anyone else has had experence, good and the bad. There was a thread about hammer steaming about a year ago, and I used it as a springboard for a Roundtable article in the May 1996 PT Journal. My own experience with steam is that it works great, but only if the steam is really steam, ie, from a hot pot or electric teakettle of some kind. I experimented with a "travel"-type portable garment steamer and found that it wasn't nearly as effective, and the results seemed fairly short-lived. Steve Brady, RPT University of Washington Seattle, WA
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