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Find MOST beautiful & original design scarf but REAL

Author: Kenneth Ade
by Kenneth Ade
Posted: Jan 13, 2015

Find MOST beautiful & original design scarf but REAL

In 2015, there are many difference type of silk scarf in the market, but how do you know the scarves are made in read silk but not only polymers?

If you are well experience, you can distinguish it by weaving, lustering, printing.but how about a normal customer? You can find some tips below

1. Price:

Silk price is higher than polyester one

2. Some Special Device

It is difficult to recognize by the naked eye or touching between real silk. Also it is hard sometimes to determine weaving, printing and lustering by normal customer. But some special device can help to test the fabric. Since the silk fabric weaving is handmade of natural fiber and this clearly shows small flaws or joins in the thread along the warp and weft. On the other hand the polyester has a silky feeling and it is machine made fabric and has a perfect surface with no flaws or bungs

3. Burning test

Here is one of the basic old method to differentiate between the real silk fiber and its imitation: take two threads of real silk and light them with a flame. It will leave a fine ash and smell like burned hair. When the flame is taken away, the burning will stop. On the other hand if you lit the imitation silk, it will drip and burn with black smoke. It will continue to burn after the flame is taken away. But of cos, you can find some trust-able - Silk scarf shop.

Real silk have below properties

Pure silk is no metallic chemicals contained. Absorbing moisture while remaining dry.Silk is good for printing media then other fiber such as cotton and linen. Hence better result is occurred when using some basic acid and dye stuffs. The silk fiber ranges in length from 1350-4000 ft than other - Linen cotton. Silk can be stretched by 1/5—1/7 of its original length before breaking. So wrinkle is not easily happen and garments can keep it's shape well. Garments made of silk are warmer than those made of linen and cotton because of the poor heat conductivity of silk. Silks hold the heat near the body keeping it warm.

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Author: Kenneth Ade

Kenneth Ade

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