Maybe I should take more cold baths.... giggle

--
Mary
http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948
"Don/Gen" wrote in message
...
Are you sure???Maybe my super hot showers are causing my weight gain!!!!!1
Gen

"Diana Curtis" wrote in message
news
What i dont understand is why spaghetti gains weight when placed in hot
water but we dont?
Diana

"Shona in NZ" wrote in message
...
Oh, we understand Polly. I, for one, can hardly wait to hear the
results
of
your's, Sherry's and Sharon's experimental outcomes :-)

Shona who has never thought about how much weight spaghetti gains
during
the
cooking process in NZ

"Polly Esther" wrote in message
link.net...
Sorry. I can't help you with this scientific experiment. I am far
too
busy
counting spaghetti strands with Sherry and Sharon. We have our
priorities,
you know. Polly

"Becky" bbkelher@remove spamaculink.net wrote in message
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I think you are not being able to tell a lot of diffenerce between
clipping
and not clipping because you are dealing with FQs, not "whole"
yardage.
So
in essence you have 3 raw edges on each piece rather than two as
you
would
on yardage. On yardage, each clip would include one selvedge edge
and
one
raw cut edge; not so on the fats.

Becky

wrote in message
...
Before someone else says it, yes, I did have too much time on my
hands
today!

I am a dedicated pre-washer and have been interested in the
threads
about clipping corners to keep fabric from raveling
(unraveling?)
in
the
wash. Today I acquired 22 FQs and decided to make an experiment
out
of
the washing process.

Thesis: clipping the corners of fabric pieces will prevent
horrible
thread nests after washing.

Methodology: I clipped the corners on half of the FQs and left
the
others whole. Where there were duplicates of fabrics (6
instances,
12
pieces in all) one of the pair was clipped and one left whole.
Three
of
the unclipped FQs had arrived with edges cut with pinking
shears.
All
FQs were washed at the same time (cold wash/cold rinse, with a
Color
Catcher) so that water level and detergent amount would be the
same.
All
were dried, in the same load, for 20 minutes until mostly dry
but
not
"hot".

Results: Of 22 FQs, 8 raveled badly (defined as thread nest
attaching
several pieces of fabric together and in two cases winding the
fabric
into a knot); 4 raveled to some extent; 10 did not ravel at all.

Of the badly raveled FQs, 4 had been clipped. Two of those had
"twins"
that had been left unclipped. In neither case was the unclipped
piece
more raveled than the clipped one. Of the three "pinked" FQs,
one
was
among the 4 that had raveled to some extent.

Conclusion: Clipping, in my laundry room anyway, does not seem
to
significantly reduce the amount of edge raveling of FQs in the
washer
and/or dryer. "Pinking" the edges may cause some slight
reduction
in
raveling.

Secondary observation: Weight of fabric did not seem to have
significance. The 6 pieces that were noticeably heavier were
evenly
split between ravel and non-ravel. Of the 5 "Debbie Mumm"
fabrics,
2
raveled badly and the other 3 not at all.

Suggestion for further study: Thread count may have some
relevance,
with
higher count fabrics raveling less. Next time I get a large
enough
batch
of FQs, I will attempt another experiment.


--
Anne in CA
"It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've
got." --
Sheryl
Crow
http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/annes.htm


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