[Ansteorra] RE: [Ansteorra-digest] fabric burn chart

morgancain at earthlink.net morgancain at earthlink.net
Tue Jul 3 10:20:06 PDT 2001


>>> Does anyone know where I can get a fabric
>>> burn chart? We have several bolts of mystery
>>> cloth at the house and we would like to try
>>> to identify them.

Here is a fairly detailed chart:

http://www.bridgepoint.com/technical_help/guides_burn_test.html

Since it is designed for carpeting, they miss some fiber possibilities.

This is less detailed, but better descriptions of smell etc., and they include fibers the one above does not:

http://www.jondon.com/tech_data/Tech_Database/UphDocs/Elements/ThBurnTst.htm

For those wanting to pay money, at http://www.longago.com/costuming3.html (and other sources, I presume) you can buy a little booklet that talks about fibers and includes a burn test description.  $1.50, usual disclaimers, never even heard of the booklet before now.

Very abbreviated tests are available at http://www.4streets.com/process.htm#Burn%20Test%20for%20Fiber%20Identification and at http://www.srfabrics.com/silks/silk.htm (waaay at the bottom, but well worth a visit for the other information and charming descriptions of test results).

                          ---= Morgan


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