From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article <34039bfa-f13e-46f2-b937-6f0904ce09f6@googlegroups.com>,   
   William Vetter   wrote:   
   >On Tuesday, October 7, 2014 10:15:02 AM UTC-4, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:   
   >> In article ,   
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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:   
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   >http://www.polisilk.com/text.html   
      
   That is fascinating, thank you!  I have bookmarked it and I'm   
   going to send a copy to my daughter the costumer.  But it doesn't   
   seem to mention bamboo fiber; I think I'm going to do a little   
   googling and see if I can find out what it would require to take   
   it out.  Other than fire.  :)   
      
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