[MR] fabric identification

[David Chessler]

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Received: Thu, 09 Jun 2011 06:17:45 PM EDT
From: Margaret Roe <mlysett at yahoo.com>
To: "atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org"
<atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org>Cc: "StefanliRous at austin.rr.com"
<StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [MR] fabric identification

> Stefan,
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> 
> It all depends on how long you leave the fabric in the bleach, but the short
answer is that natural fibers dissolve before synthetics.
> 
> I have a chart here, http://www.mroeproductions.com/fabrics.html (in Excel),
that details the properties of both natural and man-made fibers, what can
destroy them (bugs, mildew, etc.), and how to identify them using both burn
and bleach tests.  
> 
> If you want to add it to your website, let me know.  This is only a
temporary location for it, so please don't just put up a link to it.


I just checked it and got a 404. I went to the top level of the website and
tried boring down, with no success.



> 
> 
> IHTH, 
> 
> Margaret Roe
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> 
> 
> Clothing resources at www.margaretroedesigns.com
> Check out the new article, "Foreign Influences on Women's Elizabethan
Fashions"!
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 14:43:46 -0500
> From: Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>
> To: Atlantia maillist <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
> Subject: [MR] fabric
>  identification
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> Do other natural fabrics than cotton also desolve in bleach? Do all  
> synthetics survive?
> 
> This sounds like this test might be useable to identify unknown  
> fabrics. I know that a burn test is the most common way, and easier to  
> do at the fabric store, but I'm wondering if this technique might add  
> some details.
> 
> For
>  those interested in other fabric identification tests, see this  
> file in the TEXTILE ARTS section of the Florilegium:
> fabric-ident-msg (24K) 12/30/04 Identifying unknown fabric w. various  
> tests.
> http://www.florilegium.org/files/TEXTILES/fabric-ident-msg.html
> 
> Of course, if anyone has some other techniques they used successfully,  
> I'd love to get them by email or on this list to add to this file.
> 
> Stefan
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>     Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas         
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