How To Identify The Real Silk
Nov 20, 2016
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1. Doing a touch test.
this is quick spot test ,The idea is to rub the silk with your hands , if you feel warmth on rubbing , do not hesitate to buy it , with artificial and synthetic silk ,it is impossible to get that experience , and one more thing is that real silk sound like walkingonthe snow .
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2 Considering the cost
Well , the genuine silk is almost ten times costier than the synthetic , most lowe price is a good indiction of its poor quality .
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3 Examining the lustre of the material
One of silk feature is known for its lustre , it is because of the combination of the threads that gives a particular sheen to the material .
4 Sing if you can perform a burn test
You can take a few threads from silk fabric and burn it with flame.Genuine silk burns with smell pf burnt hair and the flane is invisible , and the ash is black ,crispy and brittle , withthe synthetic ,it is quite theopposite .smell is like plastic , no ash .
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5 Considering a chemical test
this way for silk identiffication is not practical so we can pass it .
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6 Remembering old is gold
The older the silk fabric gets , the more texture and beautiful it becomes , bur for the artificial silk ,it is quite opposite . and the artificial silk tends to fade with time .
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