At 07:47 PM 9/23/1998 GMT, you wrote:

I spoke with a chemist on this and was told the greatest source of problems
would be the inefficient rinse cycle of most machines.  Whatever is used to
clean cotton should be completely  removed when the wash is done and
rinsing is the best way to do that.  I re-rinse the gloves in the sink
several times after washing and find a lot of suds in the water for at
least two of the added ‘cycles'.  I will be interested in the other
responses to this thread as to the type of soap/detergent/cleaning agent is
best to use in the first place.

>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
>
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Sincerely;



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