Please help me to name these fabric types.
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Please help me to name these fabric types.
I'd like to know the names of these types of fabrics.
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This beige fabric has a very low pile. It's obviously a synthetic. It's not very stretchy. The selvedge looked very much like the rest of the fabric but had a series of small pin sized holes running along it.
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The green has an interesting open weave on the back, which is on the left side of this picture. You can see the selvedge has a white thread running through it, on the bottom of the picture. It's another low pile. It has a little more stretch but nothing like minky. It actually reminds me of felt.
Thanks for any help!
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This beige fabric has a very low pile. It's obviously a synthetic. It's not very stretchy. The selvedge looked very much like the rest of the fabric but had a series of small pin sized holes running along it.
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The green has an interesting open weave on the back, which is on the left side of this picture. You can see the selvedge has a white thread running through it, on the bottom of the picture. It's another low pile. It has a little more stretch but nothing like minky. It actually reminds me of felt.
Thanks for any help!
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Hard to tell from a pic. The beige one looks like it might be brushed nylon, like they used to make pj's out of. The green one could be wool. Wool will dissolve in bleach. Cut a small piece off and soak in pure bleach. If it dissolves, it's wool.
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Oh, the beige feels a little heavier than a jammy material. Perhaps a bathrobe weight since we are using sleeping clothes as measurements.
Thanks for your help!
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I have a small piece of the green one completely submerged in pure bleach. How long should it take to dissolve? And do you mean, completely and totally disappear? Thanks again!
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Never mind.....I googled the answer. Should have done that in the first place. Apparently I must wait 8 hours for the answer. I will also try the burn test. Thanks dd for suggesting it may be wool, I had not even thought of that.
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My 4H girls used to do that with fabric that was given to them. They did Make it With Wool and it had to be 100% wool. They did say they left it overnight. I think when it burns it should be white ash but wouldn't swear to that.
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