Talk:Fulling

Etymology
The etymology given is wrong. Its name does not 'come from the fact that the cleaned cloth is left more "full" (springy of texture) than was the dirty cloth before fulling'. It comes from a Latin word "Fullo". Where the Latin comes from is not known. See Online Etymology Dictionary and many other dictionaries. 192.117.103.141 3 July 2005 11:16 (UTC)


 * The OED (2nd Edition) says that the Latin term fullare, "to full cloth," comes from fullo, "a fuller," a term of unknown origin. There are also Old French and obsolete English usages with the sense of "to step on or trample down." Since the article doesn't list any sources contradicting this, I'm removing the part about cleaning togas. Chelt 18:38, 10 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Why?
 * Fuller's Earth
 * Used by fullers, it has detergent qualities, used to remove oils and grease. Fullers stomp on clothing to get the earth properly mixed in with the clothing (like an agitating washing machine).
 * ~ender 2008-11-28 23:00:PM MST

Use of Human Urine
What about the use of human urine in fulling? I think it'd be fairly good to at least give it a mention. It was important enough in Rome to levy a tax, after all. 74.116.116.101 09:11, 20 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Contains ammonia, used for bleaching.
 * ~ender 2008-11-28 233:00:PM MST

Etymology of 'Tuck' mills
Hi, great to find this article! I'm wondering what the etymology of 'Tuck' in the name is? Is the origin akin to that of the 'Tuck shop'? If Tuck Mills and Fulling mills are precisely the same thing, it would appear to me that 'Tuck Mill' was far and away the most common term used in Ireland. 193.1.172.104 17:28, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I Have eben unable to discover a difference between Fulling Mills, Walk Mills, Tucking Mills, and Welsh Pandys. I cannot help on the etymology, but I doubt there is any close relationship with school tuck shops.  Peterkingiron 17:13, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

From Oxford English Dictionary, Compact Edition: "'Tuck : To dress or finish (cloth) after it comes from the weaver, esp. to stretch on tenters; cf. TUCKER sb. I; also intr. to work as a tucker. Now local'". The meaning 'tuck' for cloth making was implied in the word tucker, the earliest example of which was in 1273. The earliest sample of a phrase having tuck (with the spelling ytouked) was in 1377. The word appears to correspond to the Middle Low German words tucken or tocken (to draw, pull sharply or forcibly)--Mirrordor 23:24, 20 February 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mirrordor (talk • contribs)

Pandy
The Pandy article seems to refer to a different name for a fulling mill; if this is correct, it does not need a separate article. The information in that article, if verifiable, should be merged. — Snigbrook 15:16, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Don Quixote reference
The (admittedly superfluous) reference in Don Quixote can be found in Part 1, Chapter XX. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.31.7.21 (talk) 13:51, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Irreversible Shrinking
 The shrunken result is dense, durable, and irreversible. This sentence needs back up/reference data or verification. Application of heat lengthens the wool fibres and open up their scales. So, if heat is applied to a shrunk wool and tenterhooks or weights are used to stretch the material, the shrinking may be reversed. It may well be that the reversing process is not practical on a finished piece of garment, but possible on the wool yarn. I understand that a dirty beret can be washed as long as one keeps the wet beret stretched on a form until it dries.--Mirrordor 22:44, 20 February 2011 (UTC)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mirrordor (talk • contribs)


 * An uncommon property of wool fibers is that they have microscopic barbs running along the length. Mechanical agitation such as hammering or agitating in a washing machine causes the barbs to link together, similar to Velcro.  Thus the felting is an irreversible and it causes shrinkage in all directions.  Any mention of "thickening" in this article is suspect.  I am familiar with this property of wool because it was used to make the press felts for paper machines.  These are the fabrics that transported the wet paper web through the press rolls and onto which the expressed water was absorbed.Phmoreno (talk) 02:51, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Biblical References
I have removed the erroneous 'first mention by Jesus in the new testament', and have replaced it with citations from both testaments. I don't know how to reference the Bible, so it may need cleaning up. Additionally, there is the issue of whether we're talking about Old Testament authorage, or 'best translation' - my references are from the King James version: many translations - most modern ones - do not use the word at all (except in the sense of 'fuller than' for a full vessel). Heenan73 (talk) 12:57, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

I checked the hebrew version of Kings 2 18. Its written שדה כובס - Sde Koves - Field of washing. No fuller mill or something similar was there. It was a channel wich brought water to Jerusalem, and people used to wash their clothes there. Nothing more. Korozz (talk) 10:41, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

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Was or is
There seems to be a dispute as to whether to say “Fulling was...” or Filling is...”. The answer depend on whether the process is obsolete or not.

The article says nothing about this. I gather that (since the industrial revolution) fulling is no longer a normal part of making wool clothing... however, I would suspect that there are still a few people who make “hand crafted” wool garments (who full it the “old fashioned way”). Are there medieval re-enactors and the like who do this? If so, I would say to use “is”, but follow up with a line saying that the process is now rare. Just my 2 cents. Blueboar (talk) 15:12, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Fulling is a process; content about how it used to be done should, of course, be past tense. Home crafters still full and felt wool. Schazjmd   (talk)  16:12, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
 * The process was made obsolete by the industrial revolution. Roxy, the PROD. . wooF 16:59, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I disagree. It's not used or performed at the scale at which it once was, but people continue to do it. As suggested, a mention could be added that it's primarily done by hobbyists now.  Schazjmd   (talk)  17:12, 16 January 2020 (UTC)


 * It doesn't matter if it's obsolete. It hasn't ceased to exist. John F Kennedy is never going to make another speech because someone shot him. You or I could follow the process in this article tomorrow. The style guide was already manifestly clear on this, and similar articles (and this one until you changed it last year) were consistent. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 17:30, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
 * But "JFK is an american president" isn't correct, is it? -Roxy, the PROD. . wooF 17:44, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Just to note that full is not available in my country. -Roxy, the PROD. . wooF 17:50, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I changed it!! I had forgotten. Well done Roxy!! -Roxy, the PROD. . wooF 17:56, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Tenterhooks
The text regarding tenterhooks is wrong, and unsourced. Unless anybody can source the story, I'm going to delete it. -Roxy, the PROD. . wooF 17:46, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
 * The article Tenterhook sources it to http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-ont1.htm. Merriam-Webster also addresses it. Schazjmd   (talk)  17:50, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Neither source you supplied has any connection to "Fulling" so I repeat ... -Roxy, the PROD. . wooF 18:00, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

picture of 'fulling mill'
Ive watched the video ,the picture of 'fulling mill' was taken from. This is NOT fulling mill, but ordinary grain mill. In fulling mill you have machanism which hits the cloth. In the video you cannot see one. The craftwomen just put the cloth to soak in water and thats it. So you neither cannot call it 'fuller mill' nor use the picture. Korozz (talk) 10:25, 27 June 2021 (UTC)