Shocking results from washing black fabric
#11
Agree, either old or perhaps not cotton. I've only seen one fabric shred, my late husband thought he was doing me a favor and washed curtains. I don't remember what fabric they WERE but they were NOT curtains when they came out of the wash!! They were "lint".
#12
Originally Posted by bbeyes
Gosh I sure hope it wasn't fiberglass. It just felt like Kona fabric.
I live in Los Alamitos, I had a table and was selling at that sale. I wonder if that was a dry clean only fabric and the agitation literally separated the fibers?
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I, also was given some nice feeling black fabric. cut and made sashings for some pillow panels. When I pressed and handled them the sashings all separated at the seamline. I guessed that it was theatrical tear-away fabric used in skits and such productions. Just a guess, not an expert in theatrical things!
#20
This fabric sounds like Viscose to me. This man made product is extremely soft, beautiful and feels like cotton. It will shred or create huge hole when washed on a regular wash cycle.
It has to be hand washed or dry cleaned.
It has to be hand washed or dry cleaned.
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