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<p>[QUOTE="Joan, post: 2476351, member: 5398"]It does look like rayon, now that you mention it, but I decided to snip a little from the seam allowance with my pinking shears and do a burn test. It didn't completely burn and leave soft gray ash like rayon is supposed to, but neither did it leave a black soft bead or open lace-like ash, or smell quite like burning hair or feathers like silk is supposed to. In fact, it was kind of difficult to get it to burn at all. Here's a photo of the "ash," maybe it's a blend, but I don't know what exactly.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]266109[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Joan, post: 2476351, member: 5398"]It does look like rayon, now that you mention it, but I decided to snip a little from the seam allowance with my pinking shears and do a burn test. It didn't completely burn and leave soft gray ash like rayon is supposed to, but neither did it leave a black soft bead or open lace-like ash, or smell quite like burning hair or feathers like silk is supposed to. In fact, it was kind of difficult to get it to burn at all. Here's a photo of the "ash," maybe it's a blend, but I don't know what exactly. [ATTACH=full]266109[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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