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To: Ilaine who wrote (46358)2/2/2000 7:35:00 PM
From: Ish  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71178
 
<<Paint doesn't penetrate fibers of cloth. Try it yourself. Look on the backside of some article of clothing that has a logo on it - the image doesn't come through.>>

It does. Use a cotton drip rag on a paint job and it soaks through. As far as the logos they are a quick drying print or a rubber product.

Hint here, if the fabric in what you are buying has little color on the backside, it's a print, cheaper and doesn't last as long. Good cloth will have the negative on the reverse, yarn dyed and will see you to the grave.



To: Ilaine who wrote (46358)2/2/2000 9:18:00 PM
From: JF Quinnelly  Respond to of 71178
 
Paint that didn't penetrate the cloth should be visible adhering to the fibers in the microphotographs. But there's nothing visible on the fibers, it's the fibers themselves that are faintly discolored. If the paint was water based and was absorbed by the fibers, then you would think the wicking action would color the whole fiber, whereas the image appears to be only on the very surface of the thread fibers.


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