When buying clothes or bed sheets, the salesperson will always introduce whether the product is "pure cotton" or "cotton", as consumers, we don't understand, it is easier to be "fooled".
Pure cotton is not cotton, 75% is pure cotton, 60% is also pure cotton, the salesman's various words are always said that consumers are dizzy, do not know how to be good.
Although there is only a word difference between pure cotton and cotton, they are worlds apart and completely different!
When we buy clothes or bed sheets and other daily necessities, how to distinguish between pure cotton and cotton?
"Cotton" and "Cotton"
For the concept of pure cotton and cotton, the state has issued two documents, the first time in 1998, the state requires that pure cotton must be 100% cotton content, and it is in GB (national standard) to reply.
Issued in the national standard, it means that if the merchant uses word games and the cotton content is less than 100%, it is illegal and will be punished, but this document was later abolished and a second document was issued in 2013.
The second document issued by the state is issued in GB/T (recommended national standard), which means that this is only the standard recommended by the state, and merchants can use it or choose not to use it.
It was mentioned in the second document that pure cotton is equal to pure cotton, and it is also equal to 100% cotton, because it is no longer mandatory, and some businesses will sell cheap blended materials at the price of pure cotton in order to seek higher profits.
Cheap blended materials are used, and there is indeed cotton content, but how much, merchants will say that this is pure cotton or cotton, and there will be all kinds of words that fall into the sky.
In fact, according to national regulations, as long as the cotton content is more than 95%, it can be marked as pure cotton or cotton, but the only difference is that it is no longer mandatory by the state, so even if the cotton content is only 75% or 65%, it will be said to be pure cotton by some businesses.
Therefore, the so-called pure cotton in the mouth of many merchants is not equal to pure cotton, he may just have more cotton content, which is also mixed with many other raw materials, so after all, it is only blended.
Now many people generally believe that cotton is 100% cotton content, pure cotton is more than 75% cotton content, but in a strict sense, there is no definition of cotton, but literally, cotton is not added to any other textiles, and the raw material is only cotton.
According to the regulations, as long as the cotton content of more than 95% can be said to be pure cotton or cotton, as for 85 cotton or goods with lower cotton content, although the merchant can be said to be pure cotton, but it must be marked with other ingredients.
What are the raw materials of pure cotton commodities besides cotton?
One is the most common "polyester" that people look at when shopping online, the professional term is called "polyester fiber", if you don't understand its characteristics, you might as well use the once very popular "really good" as a reference.
During Wu Bai's concert, he didn't wear a lot of clothes, and he would sweat profusely throughout the concert, because clothes made of "polyester" were not breathable and did not absorb sweat, which was its shortcoming.
But polyester is a material that naturally has its benefits, that is, it is very wear-resistant, has good deformation resistance, is of very good quality, and is easy to clean and dry quickly, so it was once widely welcomed by people.
The other is "spandex", which has good elasticity and is also very wear-resistant, so it has become one of the most commonly used materials for many clothes and other supplies.
The right choice for cotton and cotton
If you want to know the cotton content of the product, whether it is a blend or a real cotton product, the easiest way is to look at the washing label.
No matter how fanciful the merchant says, they need to mark the ingredients of the product on the washing label, and of course, there will be individual merchants who falsify the washing label.
In the face of this situation, we can also make judgments from the texture of the goods, after all, the characteristics of real cotton goods are still relatively obvious.
100% cotton content of cotton products, give people the intuitive feeling is very smooth, the touch is also very delicate, if not cotton content, the touch is relatively rougher.
But in everyday life, many people subconsciously think that the coarser the higher the cotton content, this idea is actually wrong, and it is precisely because of the addition of other materials that the clothes will be coarse.
There is another advantage of cotton content products, that is, the moisture absorption is very good, so many people will choose to buy cotton short sleeves in summer, and it is very skin-friendly and comfortable, but the bad thing is that it is because of the strong moisture absorption, if you sweat, it will stick to the body.
Another disadvantage of cotton products is that they are particularly easy to wrinkle, because there is no other fiber material to support its performance, it is more prone to wrinkles, deformation and even fading.
The solution is also very simple, that is, to iron the clothes, after heating, it will return to its original shape, become brand new, of course, it does not mean that cotton is the best, and the blending of other materials has its own benefits.
For example, adding spandex, which is a relatively elastic material, even if it is wrinkled, it will recover to a certain extent, and it will not have very obvious wrinkles like cotton.
If you buy bedding such as bed sheets and quilt covers, the first consideration is naturally the touch, only very skin-friendly materials will make people lie on the bed very comfortable, which is very suitable for cotton.
Usually buy clothes, you must first consider the version, etc., to wear out natural, beautiful, naturally can not be all bought cotton, otherwise not only easy to wrinkle, but also need to iron the clothes regularly, more troublesome.
Of course, there will also be people who will consider its breathability, warmth and durability when buying bed sheets, so you can buy some fabrics made of other fibers in addition to cotton content, such as polyester.
On the issue of cotton content, different cotton content, the degree of shrinkage will be different, the degree of shrinkage of cotton will be relatively smaller, but whether it is cotton or not, more or less there will be some shrinkage.
Therefore, whether you are buying clothes or bedding, etc., do not easily believe that the pure cotton in the mouth of the merchant may only be more than 75% of the cotton content, or even 95% of the pure cotton.
The best way to distinguish is to look directly at the washing label, as long as it is marked with 100% cotton, then you can basically rest assured, if there are other materials, such as polyester fiber, polyester, etc., it is naturally not a cotton material.
The price will naturally vary depending on the cotton content, but no matter what it is, it has its own advantages, and we can buy it according to our own needs when we usually buy.