Well, how do the manufacturers get the fabric so clean in the first place? Or
don't they?

SF Gray wrote:

> We absolutely do not ever launder the gloves.  No matter what kind of
> detergent you use, there may be some residue.  and our water here in the
> southwest is very hard, thus we don't know what kinds of minerals might be
> left on the gloves.  Why risk it?  Brand new gloves are fairly
> inexpensive.  When they get soiled, we throw them away or give them to a
> staff member who takes them home washes them and then uses them to polish
> her furniture.
>
> SF Gray
> Executive Director
> 390th Memorial Museum
> http://www.390th.org
>
> [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
> > 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.
> >
> > Mark Clayton
> >