How to discern cotton consumer cotton consumers?
December 25, 2023
How does the "cotton" clothes wear static electricity? Yesterday, Ms. Zhao, a skeptical consumer, came to the “3·15” consulting service point of Galaxy International Rainbow Shopping Plaza with her newly bought clothes.
Ms. Zhao said that although the women's knitted tops were marked with “pure cotton”, they felt uncomfortable when they were put on: they were electrostatically charged and panicked. The on-site inspection by the city's Metrology and Quality Inspection Institute's testing staff found that the garment is not "pure cotton" at all, and it contains up to 87% of chemical fiber.
The reporter learned that cotton fabrics are popular because of their softness, breathability, and sweat absorption. Under normal circumstances, the natural fiber (cotton, wool, silk, hemp) products are often marketed better than chemical fiber (polyester, nitrile, brocade, spandex, sticky silk, etc.) products. For some manufacturers and distributors to extract high profits, they do something about the content of ingredients. Shenzhen Institute of Metrology and Quality Inspection and Research Institute of Light Industry and Textile Department told the reporter, sometimes found that some marked "100% cotton" underwear actual cotton content is less than 50%, even worse, some of the nominal cotton clothing is simply Purified fiber. What is worrying is that this situation is not only found in street fashion shops, but also in some brand stores.
Under normal circumstances, cotton clothing feels soft and comfortable, elastic, no slippery feeling. In addition, you can also extract a little clothing fibers, try to burn with a lighter, pure cotton should be no black smoke, no odor, all turned grayish ash, and if it is blended will appear black smoke, drip or Odor, non-flammable and other issues.