> Like Lance I find a 50/50 mixture of denatured alcohol and water to be the
>best "shrinker" and rarely have to repin. What is the difference between
>straight alcohol and a mixture?...I don't know but there definitely is >one.
Because it's the water that does the work. More water, more effect. The
alchohol is just the wetting agent that gets the water into the wool.
> As for the other 'spirits' mentioned...they belong in a glass, over ice, as
>a reward to yourself for doing good work and not on/in the action of a piano.
>Different strokes I suppose :-)
>Jim Bryant (FL)
>
Maybe, but I personally find the smell of the drinkable stuff a lot less
offensive than either denatured, or methanol. So do my customers,
apparently, because I hear comments like "Oooooh, smells like a party", if
I'm doing this in their home. Since they all seem to do about the same thing
(the alcohols, not the customers {hmmm, then again...}), I opted for the
least offensive to me and mine. That's all, very simple like most of my
convictions. Well, OK, *opinions*. I've yet to be convicted.
Ron
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