Hi! Is the document you show at 0:50 available to the public? I'm quite curious what kapok is and would love to take a look at the other fibers on the list. Good video! It's helpful as a sewist to know how the process to make the fibers works and what resources are consumed in the process. I'd also be really interested in looking at how these fibers are used and more about what their qualities are.
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.
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.
@@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!
Hi! Is the document you show at 0:50 available to the public? I'm quite curious what kapok is and would love to take a look at the other fibers on the list.
Good video! It's helpful as a sewist to know how the process to make the fibers works and what resources are consumed in the process. I'd also be really interested in looking at how these fibers are used and more about what their qualities are.
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!
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so it's not bamboo, it's bamboo?
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.
Thank you alberto
@@MrJakacool You are welcome!
Processed into some word that starts with v and is pronounced unintelligibly. How informative.
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!