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> I'd be very interested to hear how other people wash their white cotton
> gloves. Do you use commercial laundry detergents and domestic machines
> or, hand washing in some speacialised wasing formula. It's been
> suggested o me for museum work, gloves should be hand washed with
> special potassium (I think...?) free detergent which all seems to me to
> be a little over the top!
>
> What do others make of this?
>
> Mark Clayton
>
>Any good mild hand-wash detergent will do, then rinse thoroughly. A quick
rinse in bicarb solution will neutralise any alkalinity from the detergent,
then rinse again in plain water. I have to do this 'cause I get rashes from
nearly any detergent unless it's well-rinsed out.