Artificial chamois

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Description

A soft, chamois-like cloth made from sheepskin tanned with Formaldehyde or Alum (Brady 1971). Artificial chamois is filled with oil and mechanically sueded to produce the suppleness of real chamois. They are washable and will dry soft. Currently synthetic chamois are being made from Polyvinyl alcohol sheets laminated on each side of a nylon mesh. They are lintless and solvent resistant.

See also Chamois leather and PVA chamois.

Synonyms and Related Terms

Ovis ammon; argali (Esp.); argal; aoudad; Barbary sheep; mountain sheep; Marco Polo sheep, Pamir argali;

Resources and Citations

  • G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 181
  • Conservation Support Systems, Catalog, 1997

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