Great John. Thanks so much for keeping us updated. -- Carol carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx On Twitter: http://twitter.com/songbird49a ---- Original Message ---- From: John To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 6:54 AM Subject: [access-uk] penfriend labels > hello Everyone, > In response to the posting about progress on getting > washable labels, I'm sad to say that we're still trying > to get the glue right. We have had another set of samples > through but when I stuck them to various items they all > came right off after only one wash which was actually > worse than the first lot! Our supplier is working now > with a company who are experts in adhesion and remains > confident that we'll crack the problem. However we don't > have a date for further samples yet. > But either me or Alison will let the list know as soon as > we have something worth passing to you for testing. > For anyone not familiar with this topic, we are trying to > develop penfriend labels which can easily be just stuck > to clothing so anybody can quickly identify their white > from red shirt etc. and yes we know we could have sew on > labels but most of us don't sew. > So if you don't hear anything from us for a few weeks > that willl be because there is nothing new to say. > we're all keeping our fingers crossed. > John