Cotton or Cotton/Poly telling the difference
11-30-2011, 04:19 PM
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Cotton or Cotton/Poly telling the difference
I've checked the archives, didn't see an answer to my question. Can someone tell me how to look at a piece of material, (stuff we already have on hand or is given to us) and tell if it 100% cotton, what do I look for?
11-30-2011, 04:29 PM
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There are two ways to tell the difference. The number 1 way is to snip off a piece and burn it. If it has poly content it'l spit and leave hard black chunks. The other way is to just squeeze a handful for a little bit. 100% cotton will wrinkly and poly cotton won't.
11-30-2011, 04:30 PM
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Burn a tiny piece. Cotton burns to ash while fabric with polyester will blacken and bead. The scrunch test will also work.
Cotton will crease while polycotton creases much less. Iron a piece. Polycotton will smell, change colour a little and begin to shrivel a little with a really hot iron while cotton does not.
Cotton will crease while polycotton creases much less. Iron a piece. Polycotton will smell, change colour a little and begin to shrivel a little with a really hot iron while cotton does not.
12-01-2011, 06:39 AM
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Burn a tiny piece. Cotton burns to ash while fabric with polyester will blacken and bead. The scrunch test will also work.
Cotton will crease while polycotton creases much less. Iron a piece. Polycotton will smell, change colour a little and begin to shrivel a little with a really hot iron while cotton does not.
Cotton will crease while polycotton creases much less. Iron a piece. Polycotton will smell, change colour a little and begin to shrivel a little with a really hot iron while cotton does not.
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