Testing Fabric

I know that you can take a sample of fabric and burn it with a lighter
to determine what it is but I have forgotten what the end results are.

Anyone remember? Burns....it's NOT cotton.

HELP!!!!!

Cindy from GA
(but wants to be in MO)

My memory is- cotton burns to a soft while ash and a soft burnt edge.
Blends melt as they burn, have a crispy, bumpy edge edge and smell more like
burning plastic.


Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

"Cindy from GA but wants to me in MO" wrote in message
...
I know that you can take a sample of fabric and burn it with a lighter
to determine what it is but I have forgotten what the end results are.

Anyone remember? Burns....it's NOT cotton.

HELP!!!!!

Cindy from GA
(but wants to be in MO)

Also, burning cotton smells more like burning paper, wool like burning
hair. Also wool glows rather than burns with a flame like cotton does.

But I think distinguishing between for example different plant-based
fibres (cotton, linen, and what are the processed ones called?) with a
simple burn test is hard. I don't know how to do that. I guess the
same would apply for different kind of animal hair, but regular wool
is the most common in yardage, so maybe we don't need to worry about
that?

Hanne in DK

On Oct 20, 8:58*pm, "Leslie& The Furbabies in MO."
wrote:
My memory is- cotton burns to a soft while ash and a soft burnt edge.
Blends melt as they burn, have a crispy, bumpy edge edge and smell more like
burning plastic.

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

"Cindy from GA but wants to me in MO" wrote in ...

I know that you can take a sample of fabric and burn it with a lighter
to determine what it is but I have forgotten what the end results are.

Anyone remember? *Burns....it's NOT cotton.

HELP!!!!!

Cindy from GA
(but wants to be in MO)

Look at:
http://www.fabrics.net/fabricsr.asp

(darn it, my other post disappeared, but the link is better anyway!)

Hanne in DK

On Oct 20, 8:58*pm, "Leslie& The Furbabies in MO."
wrote:
My memory is- cotton burns to a soft while ash and a soft burnt edge.
Blends melt as they burn, have a crispy, bumpy edge edge and smell more like
burning plastic.

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

"Cindy from GA but wants to me in MO" wrote in ...

I know that you can take a sample of fabric and burn it with a lighter
to determine what it is but I have forgotten what the end results are.

Anyone remember? *Burns....it's NOT cotton.

HELP!!!!!

Cindy from GA
(but wants to be in MO)

what do you think you have?
cotton is easy to burn a small piece and results in a soft white ash.
no mistake'n it.
anything with poly fibres in it will blob up like a bit of plastic. ewwww.
no mistake'n that either.
burn some and see. i'll bet with some thinking you'll work out what is what
easier than you think.
j.


"Cindy from GA but wants to me in MO"wrote...
I know that you can take a sample of fabric and burn it with a lighter
to determine what it is but I have forgotten what the end results are.

Anyone remember? Burns....it's NOT cotton.

HELP!!!!!

Cindy from GA
(but wants to be in MO)

Can see 2 posts from you.

Janner
France

On 21/10/2010 00:54, Hanne wrote:
Look at:
http://www.fabrics.net/fabricsr.asp

(darn it, my other post disappeared, but the link is better anyway!)

Hanne in DK

On Oct 20, 8:58 pm, "Leslie& The Furbabies in MO."
wrote:
My memory is- cotton burns to a soft while ash and a soft burnt edge.
Blends melt as they burn, have a crispy, bumpy edge edge and smell more like
burning plastic.

Leslie& The Furbabies in MO.

"Cindy from GA but wants to me in wrote in ...

I know that you can take a sample of fabric and burn it with a lighter
to determine what it is but I have forgotten what the end results are.

Anyone remember? Burns....it's NOT cotton.

HELP!!!!!

Cindy from GA
(but wants to be in MO)

On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:32:37 -0500, Cindy from GA but wants to me in MO wrote
(in article
):

I know that you can take a sample of fabric and burn it with a lighter
to determine what it is but I have forgotten what the end results are.

Anyone remember? Burns....it's NOT cotton.

HELP!!!!!

Cindy from GA
(but wants to be in MO)

I think if it burns, it is cotton. If it melts to a little blob it's poly.

Maureen

Just try it first with a HOT iron. (Maybe use a cotton press cloth to
keep melted poly off your sole plate.) The smell of a synthetic or
blend is unmistakable. You can try something that's labeled polyester
first, if you aren't sure. Also something you know is 100% cotton,
just to train the nose. And cotton burns to ash. Poly melts to a hard
blob (think glue gun). Blends....blend. Wool is the hardest to ignite,
which is why they tell you to wrap a person who has set himself on
fire in a wool blanket to stifle the flames.
Roberta in D

On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:32:37 -0700 (PDT), Cindy from GA but wants to
me in MO wrote:

I know that you can take a sample of fabric and burn it with a lighter
to determine what it is but I have forgotten what the end results are.

Anyone remember? Burns....it's NOT cotton.

HELP!!!!!

Cindy from GA
(but wants to be in MO)

On Oct 21, 12:39*am, "J*" wrote:
what do you think you have?
cotton is easy to burn a small piece and results in a soft white ash.
no mistake'n it.
anything with poly fibres in it will blob up like a bit of plastic. ewwww..
no mistake'n that either.
burn some and see. i'll bet with some thinking you'll work out what is what
easier than you think.
j.

"Cindy from GA but wants to me in MO"wrote...
I know that you can take a sample of fabric and burn it with a lighter
to determine what it is but I have forgotten what the end results are.

Anyone remember? *Burns....it's NOT cotton.

HELP!!!!!

Cindy from GA
(but wants to be in MO)

Jeanne ~

I "think" I have cotton. My DD called me one day about a month ago
and told me that Wal-Mart had put out a bunch of bolts of fabric that
had somehow gotten stashed in the warehouse and would I like for her
to pick me up some. Sure - just make sure they are 100% cotton. She
did. I go back to STL about 3 weeks ago and they still have a ton of
it left. I go pick up some more. Certainly feels like cotton. I
brought it all back to GA to wash it and now it has a silky feel to
it. Never had that feeling before after I washed fabric.

Cindy from GA
(but wants to be in MO)

This is a really good site. I had a happy aftrnoon checking all my
dubious fabrics and labelling them when I was doing my clearout. I
wish I had found this site, the one I used was a bit less helpful.
But I got there in the end. Do make sure you are in a well-ventilated
room, though. Some of the vapours given off by the mixtures are
taoxic, carcinogenic or just a right pong!

http://www.ditzyprints.com/dpburnchart.html

Hope this helps,
Nel
(GQ) and pyromaniac in training!