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Post by zed on Jan 5, 2016 19:10:37 GMT
There was a recent thread on Facebook asking what a fibre might be, and when Judith posted a guide, someone questioned about some fibres not listed, so I burned them and videod it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4jg6gpP0RgBamboo, Viscose, Milk, Soy, Rose. And if anyone is interested World of Wool are giving away 250g of white Botany lap waste with orders over £50 throughout January.
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Post by MTRuth on Jan 5, 2016 20:01:40 GMT
Interesting - thanks for the video.
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Post by zara on Jan 6, 2016 0:41:18 GMT
I see you have found a new fun hobby Zed, burning fibres... ;-) But interesting to see how differently they burn. I have previously only heard of doing that to distinguise between synthetic and natural fibres, but obviously you took it a step further. :-)
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Post by halay on Jan 6, 2016 5:49:58 GMT
Very interesting, Zed. I'll keep this in mind when I burn my hairy slippers.
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Post by zed on Jan 6, 2016 10:14:55 GMT
Well, I thought I'd be thorough, Zara Actually, I didn't think it would really have any real use because it's fairly easy to distinguish fibres if you know what they are, and I thought the test would be most useful for fabrics, but now Nada has said that, I can see how useful it is to know! You would certainly not want the nasty mess made by milk and soy on your slippers, Nada, and I never would have guessed that the cellulose fibres left a yellow, greasey stain/slick.
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Post by Shepherdess on Jan 13, 2016 1:35:08 GMT
Cool video. I am not good at knowing what fiber is what because I don't use them very often.
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