How to distinguish 100% Cotton Towel and Poly/Cotton Blended Towel?

 

 

In daily life, maybe we don’t care much about the quality of the bath towel or hand towel when we buy, only make the decision when we see the out looking, such as color or pattern. However, the softness of towels of different materials will vary. Everyone knows that 100% Cotton Towels are made of pure cotton yards, but there are other towels that we don’t know about. 

Let’s introduce towels of these two materials to you.

100% cotton

Blended polyester/cotton, such as 80% cotton+ 20% polyester, 50% cotton+ 50% polyester, etc.

 

What are the advantages of 100% cotton towel?

1. Strong water absorption and large shrinkage rate, about 410%.

2. It can resist alkali, but it has no resistance to acid. Even a very low content of acid will cause damage to it. However, the effect of organic acids is relatively weak and is not destructive. Relatively speaking, pure cotton towels are relatively resistant to alkali. 20% caustic soda solution is usually used to treat cotton yarn to obtain "mercerized" cotton cloth.

3. Light resistance and heat resistance are very common for rough towels and do not have great advantages. Cotton will slowly oxidize in sunlight and air, weakening its strength.

4. Hygiene: The main composition of cotton fiber is cellulose, which is a natural fiber. After various experimental tests, this fabric is not harmful to the skin and will not have negative effects.

 

What are the disadvantages of cotton/polyester blended bath towel?

the polyester fiber in polyester-cotton is a hydrophobic fiber, which is difficult to wash and cannot be ironed at high temperatures or soaked in boiling water.

 

Therefore, how should we distinguish the 2 fabric options on market?

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Usually, 100% Cotton Bath Towel hand towels are made of high-quality cotton yarn, that is first-class cotton yarn (new cotton), which is the cotton used for the first time, while polyester-cotton towels are usually made of cotton, except for the terry part. Part of polyester cotton is nylon, and the cotton used is usually second-hand cotton or old cotton.

 

After pure cotton towels are burned with fire, only white powder remains, but after polyester cotton towels are burned with fire, they usually appear gray-black, and nylon filaments will appear when pinched by hand. To test whether the towel is pure cotton, it is usually recommended to burn it with fire.

 

So, the above is the introduction to pure cotton towels shared today. Pure cotton towels are relatively convenient to use. Of course, no matter what kind of towel we use, we need to clean the towel frequently or replace it, because if the towel is not cleaned for a long time, it will cause bacteria to breed and harm our skin.