Bill: Although I am NOT a chemist, I do know that Cationics are just a family of "surfactants" which operate in just the oposite way that "anionic" surfactants do. ( That probably told you a lot. <G>) There are other surfactants such as "nonanionic, etc. etc. etc." I am sure that as a piano tech this all makes "perfect" sense to you :-) If you want to be "blown away" with info just ask your browser to search for "Cationics". Take it from someone who knows - there is a lot out there about it. John R. Fortiner Billings, MT. On Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:13:48 -0400 Bill Ballard <yardbird@sover.net> writes: > Who's got as brother-in-law who is an industrial chemist? Or which > institutional tehcnician here has a friend over in the chem > department? > > What are "cationics", apparently a family of "softeners" listed on a > jug of > Snuggle. Do they actually soften fiber, or do they just lubricate > the > flexing of the fibers in the matt. (We're talking your dense-type > hammer > felts.) The solids in Snuggle show up to be a soft waxy film, when > you let > a puddle evaporate on a mirror. The solids stick remarkably well to > the > mirror. Any isoproyl alcohol evaporates within the first minute, and > from > then on it might as well be pure Snuggle straight from the bottle, > left to > evaporate. > > Bill Ballard, RPT > New Hampshire Chapter, PTG > > "Lady, this piano is what it is, I am what I am, and you are what > you are" > From a recurring nightmare. > > ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.
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