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It's the system that works like this. It's simpler to think that 8/2 means that 8 is the yarn count of the single yarn, then you put another number which is the number of the plies.

This is actually a really good question, very discussed lately. So far "durability" is a series of different tests: tensile strength, bursting strength, color fastness, washing, pilling, abrasion resistance, crease recovery, etc. In March 2022 EU started asking manufacturers for "more durable garments" in order to counter overproduction of textiles. Now many manufacturers ask laboratories to perform more and more tests like these (washing, pilling and color fastnesses are the most required). There is not a "durability scale", but there is a score that is conventionally used to evaluate the degradation of the garment over the washings and the "stress" that you put in it.

Thanks for the interest in this video! Love all the information that you brought to the surface. Take into account that the information in the video is very elementary, meant for people who are surprised to read "glass fibre" in textiles. Anyway: 1. You are right: glass fibre is used in nonwoven, woven and sometimes also knitted form in a number of different applications (from sportswear to aerospace and filtration). 2. Glass fibre can be indeed colored, but not with conventional textile dyestuffs. 3. "Mineral fibres" are divided in "natural mineral fibres" (asbestos is the only mineral fibre in nature, along with few others) and "man-made mineral fibres", such as glass, carbon, ceramic, etc. Carbon fibre can be obtained by PAN (most of the times) or rayon (rarely, but rayon is not synthetic). It's true that generally the starting material is synthetic, but is conventionally defined as "mineral" to discern from conventional synthetic fibre (polyester, polyamide, etc.). Your points are all correct, but they'd need much much more time to deepen some topics. I decided to cut and sum up the information to avoid being too technical and long winded. Appreciate you are pointing all this out though, gives me more ideas for future videos, perhaps carbon fibre! Cheers mate!

@@noranabeel934 Welcome!

@@DnvGoodwin555 Cordura is a strong polyamide 6.6 with plain weave or ripstop weave. Ballistic nylon is still polyamide, but generally the pattern is different: here, you have a basket weave with double weft, to increase the coverage and the weight, in order to improve the impact tenacity (i.e. bullets)

@@textilewithalberto998 Thank you for answer.

You mean the linen tester?

@textilewithalberto998 yes if want to establish

@@KinprayOlamide You can buy it on Amazon, I suggest the 10x linen tester or more for woven fabrics and 10x or less for knitted ones.

@@MrJakacool You are welcome!

I was actually waiting for this question ahah thanks for asking. You can find the document right here: eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02011R1007-20180215&qid=1732255001052 It's the official Textile Fibres Regulation in Europe, one of the most important documents out there regarding labeling and tests. I will surely talk about kapok in another video in the future!

Hi! I don't know about using kapok fibers to make fabric, never heard of it being used that way but before the days of cheap foam mattresses, kapok was used in Southeast Asia for mattress filling. Kinda like the tropical version of goose down mattress. After several years the mattress would shrink due to the kapok absorbing sweats and body oil and then you'd just replace the kapok filling. Nowadays it's actually much harder to get a kapok mattress than a foam one.

@@sitihalida659 Thanks for the kind reply, very informative! I will definitely make a video about kapok!

Ahah it's Viscose (Rayon) that comes from bamboo pulp!

Bamboo that is highly processed to the point where it no longer retains the characteristics of bamboo, so not really bamboo anymore. It would be somewhat like marketing paper as wood.

@@elio7610 Completely agree! In fact I hate when I see labels with the word “Bamboo” on it! It happened twice already.

I am sorry, English is not my native language. Anyway, you can find the written word "Viscose" on minute 1:27 exactly when I pronunce it.

@@textilewithalberto998 I think most Americans would know it as rayon.

@@paulpardee I know, it's like Polyamide/Nylon which are the same thing. Rayon/Viscose are the same fibre, one is much more used in Europe, the other is used more in US. Thanks for pointing it out!

@@gamingaceg.a4851 we talk about textiles in this channel! If you have questions, feel free to ask, have a good one!

​@@noranabeel934 Thank you for the suggestion. In the next videos I will surely talk about pilling, stay tuned!!

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@@noranabeel934 It is, that’s why it is not widespread in textile world. I am sure this is also due to lack of advertisement!

@@redimaulidi It’s all about regulating and calibrating tension and speed. A good raw material surely can help. If you have sticky yarns though, you should perhaps measure the sizing bath.

Hi and thank you for the interesting question. About Qmilk: of course I know it! In fact, when I was saying in the video: "Now Lanital as been rediscovered" I was indeed referring to milk fibres, such as Qmilk. Fun fact about this fibre: if you smell it, it really smells like milk! I honestly don't know the differences, because Lanital is no longer produced, but I suppose they are really quite the same thing. Regarding Carbios: I didn't know it (thanks for sharing it with me), but I know other similar technologies. PET depolymerization is really interesting and returns every now and then, but has several issues: it's expensive, it's slow and requires specific production plants with a high-educated personnel. So far, polyamide can be chemically depolymerized and chemically recycled, whereas PET is just mechanically recycled. We will see in the future! (BTW: I will surely make a video regarding the recycling of PET, thanks for the hint!).

@@textilewithalberto998 regarding the Process of Carbios it is a enzymatic process. So the Esther gets destroyed and you get MEG and PTA. Then you synthesize ist back to PET. At the End you get a virgin PET fiber. Yes it will cost something and more like mechanical recycling but you can fulfill EUs regulations and end up with a fiber without using crude oil. SASA of Turkey is in Contact with them and could adapt this process. Anyway thanks for your work and greetings from Germany.

@@TheWechris Thank you for sharing your beautiful ideas with me, I will surely make a video talking about this in the future. Greetings from Italy!

Grazie mille!

@@MarkE-v8o Hi Mark, unfortunately I don’t have my own weaving mill, but I will surely do it in the future, as sono as I have the possibility!

You can contact me on textilewithalberto@gmail.com, but anyway it depends on the type of polyester, type of weaving, type of finishing, etc. 1 meter of satin polyester can go from € 3,00/meter to € 50,00!

@@futurearchitects6357 You can contact me whenever you want via email: textilewithalberto@gmail.com

Nonwovens can be indeed used for filters, also in food industry.

@@capkapchannel4587 There is natural rubber. The performances are very similar, elasticity is good. Only downside is that it dries and crumbles faster than elastane (still elastane doesn't have a long shelf life. After 6 months it starts deteriorating)

@@textilewithalberto998 Thank you so much for the info!

Thank you!

Grazie, Mara! A presto!

Thank you!

Thank you!