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Posted by LurfysMa on June 8, 2007, 8:15 pm
About 10-15 yers ago, I bought a pair of Champion sweat pants from
someplace like KMart. They were terrible. Almost immediately, they
started forming those little "pills" that look like tiny balls of lint
all over.
I guess I am a slow learner. A couple of weeks ago, I bought another
pair of Champion sweat pants. This time it was online. They are
already doing the same thing. They are constantly covered with little
pills. Drives me crazy.
What causes some fabrics to pill up? Or, more importantly, what should
I look for in a cotton fabric that will not do this. Clearly, Champion
products are inferior and I will stay away from them, but what do I
look for?
Thanks
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Posted by IMS on June 8, 2007, 9:07 pm
Here you go:
http://missourifamilies.org/quick/materialqa/material13.htm
-Irene
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>About 10-15 yers ago, I bought a pair of Champion sweat pants from
>someplace like KMart. They were terrible. Almost immediately, they
>started forming those little "pills" that look like tiny balls of lint
>all over.
>I guess I am a slow learner. A couple of weeks ago, I bought another
>pair of Champion sweat pants. This time it was online. They are
>already doing the same thing. They are constantly covered with little
>pills. Drives me crazy.
>What causes some fabrics to pill up? Or, more importantly, what should
>I look for in a cotton fabric that will not do this. Clearly, Champion
>products are inferior and I will stay away from them, but what do I
>look for?
>Thanks
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- Mae West
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Posted by Joy Beeson on June 8, 2007, 10:41 pm
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> What causes some fabrics to pill up? Or, more importantly, what should
> I look for in a cotton fabric that will not do this.
My mother used to tell me that polycotton that was at least 60% cotton
wouldn't pill. Since I can't stand any poly at all -- it "suffocates"
me -- I have no recent experience to back this up.
Joy Beeson
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The above message is a Usenet post.
I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site.
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Posted by LurfysMa on June 9, 2007, 12:25 am
On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 22:41:04 -0400, Joy Beeson
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>wrote:
>> What causes some fabrics to pill up? Or, more importantly, what should
>> I look for in a cotton fabric that will not do this.
>My mother used to tell me that polycotton that was at least 60% cotton
>wouldn't pill. Since I can't stand any poly at all -- it "suffocates"
>me -- I have no recent experience to back this up.
Does this mean that it's the polyester that's causing the pilling and
something that is 100% cotton would be pill free?
I already ripped the tags out of these pants, so I don't know what the
fabric is.
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Posted by BEI Design on June 9, 2007, 1:10 am
LurfysMa wrote:
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> Does this mean that it's the polyester that's causing the
> pilling and something that is 100% cotton would be pill
> free?
> I already ripped the tags out of these pants, so I don't
> know what the fabric is.
Probably not, I'm sure Kay will jump in here with a
dissertation on long vs. short fiber cotton. IIRC, it's the
lack of *quality* of the cotton fibers which cause pilling.
At any rate, a simple solution (if you love the garment
otherwise) would be:
http://www.oreck.com/small-home-appliances/fabric_shaver.cfm?keycode=DI445
;-)
NAYY,
Beverly
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>someplace like KMart. They were terrible. Almost immediately, they
>started forming those little "pills" that look like tiny balls of lint
>all over.
>I guess I am a slow learner. A couple of weeks ago, I bought another
>pair of Champion sweat pants. This time it was online. They are
>already doing the same thing. They are constantly covered with little
>pills. Drives me crazy.
>What causes some fabrics to pill up? Or, more importantly, what should
>I look for in a cotton fabric that will not do this. Clearly, Champion
>products are inferior and I will stay away from them, but what do I
>look for?
>Thanks