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Old January 17th, 2019, 07:15 PM   #2
Marvin Amstey
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That's basically how we do it in the shop where I work, except we don't use the shop-vac. We use a hand squeegee instead.
Are you sure that it is silk and not mercerized cotton or bamboo silk? In those cases the shop-vac is fine.
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