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What fabric is this?

Got some $1/yd stuff at Walmart.

Woven, shiny one side, looks like it could be used for lining, very hard to blow through, but can be done. Took it home, draped it over a measuring cup, poured some water in, and it didn't drip. I left it in maybe 30 seconds. poured the water off, it was very slightly darker on the non-shiny side that held the water, and very very slightly moist, more like misty, on the shiny side.

Is this uncoated taffeta?

Can I use it for a rain suit? Sleeping bag?

Or is this considered water-resistant/breathable?

Reply to
duh
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Well, if I don't know what it is, I burn it. No, really.

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with a burn test to figure out what it's made out of. Then you wantto consider the weight of the fabric before you decide what to do with it. HTH

Sharon

Reply to
Sharon Hays

Is that why I'm so irritated all the time? Snoik.

Reply to
duh

There's a typo in that sentence.

Reply to
Pogonip

Which one? ;-)

Reply to
duh

There's a surplus not.

Reply to
Pogonip

I'm dyslexic. I meant ton.

Reply to
duh

A lifetime supply?

Reply to
Pogonip

Nah, my only escapes these days is sewing, hiking, and meditating.

Reply to
duh

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 7:21:46 -0400, Sharon Hays wrote (in message ):

LOL - we had a big white elephant sale at our church last weekend as part of a local festival. Someone donated oodles of partial yarn spools apparently left over from a rug/carpet factory, 4 yarns of different shades spooled together. Someone came along who wanted to burn them to test each yarn and make sure they were indeed the wool that some were marked as. She was SO relieved that someone (me) knoew what she was talking about! She said she was afraid everyone would think she was nuts for wanting to burn it. heehee, we got the other women working with me in the kitchen interested in burn testing and watching the whole process and analysis. Wool it was.

Reply to
Nann Bell

Yes, maturity. Or is it age? We are so sensible.

Reply to
Pogonip

Ain't it cool?? Folks think we're nuts till they see what happens and how you can tell what it is. So glad you were there to calm folks down and tell them she wasn't looking to burn the whole joint down. lol

Sharon

Reply to
Sharon Hays

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Well......the papers might throw off your test results..... ;) If it makes you feel better, you do need to get a good whiff of what it smells like while burning. lol "what did you do today?" "Snorted some fabric." heh heh

This is me not saying nuthin..... LOL

Sharon

-----let us know if you learn to fly

Reply to
Sharon Hays

In my case, it was called recovery.

Reply to
duh

"Hey man, wanna get warped? Welted? Woofed? Got a light?"

Did it hurt? ;-)

Reply to
duh

That's getting into the serious stuff.

Reply to
Pogonip

Been there, did that, it did me back in spades. However, I've been sober, etc, for longer than I indulged. Not sure when the maturity happens.

Reply to
Taunto

Me, neither.

Reply to
Pogonip

Yeah. I think I got a bruise. lol

Sharon

Reply to
Sharon Hays

On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 18:00:20 -0400, Sharon Hays wrote (in message ):

yeah, but I still think y'all's idea about smoking it would work much better..... with any luck you soon wouldn't care what the fiber is/was/will be. Ahhhhhh, that takes me back a ways......

Reply to
Nann Bell

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