5 yard kilt

[Mississippi]

I’ve only had acrylic kilts. I recently got 2 of the 5 yard kilts from UTkilts. I have to say I’m very happy with them. They are very comfortable and I find myself wearing them very often. Particularly for my walks. If I’m not careful I’ll end up wearing them daily!
Recently I had a lady come sit at my booth to chat me up, I had to let her know I was married, but what a ego boost!

[User]

Glad to hear you're enjoying your kilts! Just a warning though, so far 3 members on this forum have found that their UTKilts, which were sold as wool, are actually synthetic.
No one has yet tested a UTKilts "Made in Scotland" kilt though, so those may be real.

You may want to test yours: https://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/...-woolen-99044/

[Mississippi]

Glad to hear you're enjoying your kilts! Just a warning though, so far 3 members on this forum have found that their UTKilts, which were sold as wool, are actually synthetic.
No one has yet tested a UTKilts "Made in Scotland" kilt though, so those may be real.

You may want to test yours: https://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/...-woolen-99044/

I hate to hear that, I was wearing mine mainly because it’s comfortable. Is there anywhere I can send it in for testing? I’m not comfortable performing my own tests.

[spr0k3t]

I hate to hear that, I was wearing mine mainly because it’s comfortable. Is there anywhere I can send it in for testing? I’m not comfortable performing my own tests.

In the thread about UTKilts in the first post there's a way to test it. If you take a couple of snips of the fibers and place them in bleach, the fibers will disolve if they are in fact 100% wool after a while (20ish hours). If they are acrylic, the fibers will remain without any discoloration. You could take a couple strands off the fringe edge of the apron to test it.

[Mississippi]

In the thread about UTKilts in the first post there's a way to test it. If you take a couple of snips of the fibers and place them in bleach, the fibers will disolve if they are in fact 100% wool after a while (20ish hours). If they are acrylic, the fibers will remain without any discoloration. You could take a couple strands off the fringe edge of the apron to test it.

So, there isn’t anywhere to send it in and have it tested ? I don’t do good testing things, my expertise does not include cloths.

[spr0k3t]

So, there isn’t anywhere to send it in and have it tested ? I don’t do good testing things, my expertise does not include cloths.

I've never done it before either... but here's the details:

https://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/...82#post1410082

I submerged fibers from both UTKilts I purchased in a bowl filled with bleach. They didn't react in the slightest.
For control groups, I placed a fiber from a Strathmore kilt (real wool) and a fiber from my wife's acrylic kilt into the same bowl with the UTKilts fibers. The Strathmore fiber immediately began bubbling, and its color began to fade. In under 15 minutes, the Strathmore fiber was completely dissolved. The acrylic kilt fiber had no reaction, just like the UTKilts fibers.

I left the UTkilts fibers and the acrylic fiber in the bleach for 22 hours. They appeared the same at the end as they did at the beginning. Their colors were unaffected, and they had not diminished in any noticeable way.

[User]

So, there isn’t anywhere to send it in and have it tested ? I don’t do good testing things, my expertise does not include cloths.

If you like, you can put some threads in an envelope and mail them to me. I can test them and share the video with you.

The test is extremely simple. Pour some regular bleach into a container (glass, melamine, or most ceramics should be fine). Then find a loose thread on the kilt and put it in the bleach. You can often find good threads on the bottom of the fringe, or near the waist if the pleats have been cut out. You don't want to remove anything that would damage the kilt. You don't need much thread for the test.

[Pleater]

Sone things which look like leather but feel like plastic are split skin - literally an inner layer of the skin taken off to make the outer layer thinner more pliable leather suitable for garments, the inner layer is more porous and friable, so a layer of plastic is applied and textured by running it through heated embossing rollers and it often looks quite good when new, but it is likely to separate after a while if used for such things as straps where it is constantly being bent or twisted.

Anne the Pleater