Textile Fabric Blends or content mixture durability
1. Mixture / Clothing Content Tags
3 Cards: 10 pts each with definitions @ 5pts per set:
Print tag text on 3 index cards,
bring info. to lab then
find 3” sample card with a similar mixture.
Staple fabric to card. Open up cardboard so you can
read the specs
This helps us learn how to compare clothing fabric
to household product fabrics, both drapery &
upholstery weights. Content blend fabrics are 75% of
the Interior fabric choices.
2.
3.
4. Examples given:
rayon, poly
Poly, co,
Poly, rayon
Acrylic, poly
Poly, nylon
Linen, rayon
Any blend with 2
contents is usable.
5. Two Examples given:
Poly, co, nylon
Acrylic, nylon, poly
Any blend with 3
contents is usable.
6. Examples
Poly, co, nylon, linen
Acrylic, nylon, poly,
co
Any blend with 4
contents is usable.
7. These do not count as a
content blend card.
100% Content,
1 content with
spandex, since
spandex is elastic.
8. Examples given:
60 Poly, 40 rayon
89 Poly, 9% nylon
75 Nylon, 25 poly
Be sure to add
1- the % of each and also
2- what type of clothing.