DARRA....All purpose towels, Anyone try them..?

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Si00

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A friend of mine just gave me a package of these all purpose terry towels. The package reads 100% cotton. I have never done a burn test, so i decided i'd try it on these...



I pulled a few strands off the towel, and lit it with a lighter....After the flame caught and went out, i was left with a blackish/some greyish ash. I rubbed it with my finger and did NOT feel and clumps. Im assuming i did this right, any comments as to this method or anyone used these towels? I was planning to use them to apply my Megs #9, ( i have swirls ) as i would like to save my Royal Velvets for other duties..



They were bought at Checkers Auto, a local autoparts chain store.....
 
From what I've seen and read, pure cotton leaves a mostly grey ash with little black in it, and it's very light and whispy, with no solid dark "stick" left in the center. Also a brown/amber coloured residue is often left on the surface where it burned (I use a chunk of tinfoil). I usually don't even have to touch it to know it failed.



And yeah, it can smell funny too. :p
 
DFTowel said:
What did it smell like when you burned the threads?
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I'll have to get back to you on this question...i didn't smell it, but i can retry the burn test and post the "smell" results. What should i be looking for in terms of smell..??? I also did not test the RV's that i have, i'll have to make a comparison to see what i get...
 
Well i did the burn test again...on the RV's and the DARRA's, with similar results. I noticed when the flame went out, just below where it burnt on the strand, there was a brownish color. No black clumps. The smell was like, the best i can describe it was newspaper burning smell. I also compared the towels side by side, the RV's looked like they where tighter wolven than the Darras..more strands per square inch..I might be doing this wrong, do i just pull strands out or cut a square and burn...



Anybody..?
 
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