From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, October 7, 2014 10:15:02 AM UTC-4, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:   
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   > William Vetter   wrote:   
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   > >On Tuesday, October 7, 2014 12:50:27 AM UTC-4, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:   
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   > >> NO POLYESTER.  The medieval world was lit by open fires and   
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   > >> candles with open flames.   
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   > >Rayon will dissolve in lye, other strong alkalis, strong acids, because   
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   > >it is made of treated cellulose.  I suppose the fabric they make of   
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   > >bamboo will do the same thing.   
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   > I would need to see some research on that.  Rayon is cellulose   
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   > that's been melted down and extruded ... it's still better than   
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   > polyester, which is extruded *plastic*.  I have a dress made of   
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   > bamboo fabric and it's stood up to many washings in commercial   
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   > washing machines; I've never tried lye on it.  But it felt   
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   > sufficiently rough against my skin that I had to line the bodice   
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   > area with cotton.  It *feels* as if it hadn't been melted down   
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   > and extruded, just beaten the heck out of.   
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   This is easiest kind of summary:   
      
   http://www.polisilk.com/text.html   
      
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