polyester viscose pilling

[vmac3205]

Captmac's Stillwater is pilling badly, but careful treatment with a cheap BIC razor keeps it under control.

[California Highlander]

Comments about acrylic pilling and Marton Mills PV not pilling are kind of off topic. This kilt is 65% Viscose Rayon, 35% Acetate Fibre from the product specs. http://buyakilt.com/budget-8-yard-kilt#specifications. So really these are "PA" kilts.

I have two of the same kilts. One gets a lot of wear, yard work, around the house, etc., and has some very minor pilling. The other, more a pub wear kilt, no pilling. Both have been machine washed gentle, cold, then hung dry. I think it's just something that will happen with this material. At the price point, it seems acceptable considering the amount of wear I have gotten from them.

My 16oz Locharran wool kilt has no pilling.

[corbmonster]

I think your kilt is from the same manufacturer as mine I bought from MacDonald Sporrans on ebay (they seem to be the same company as buyakilt.com). I got a small amount pilling on the front of one just behind the sporran after a week of use. I put it down to my having my cheapest sporran on me all that week. Other kilts from the same manufacturer haven't been damaged from other sporrans it seems. Also all these PV (ok, acetate & PV) kilts have been through the wool cycle on a washing machine at least a few times and it didn't hurt them a bit.

Now that I think about it, I think it is from rubbing on my dirk that was hanging down on my right side at about the 1:30 - 2 O'clock position. That makes more sense. As I walked, it would have moved to either side of my knee during my stride rubbing that area on the apron a lot, thus producing pilling. But I'm curious though about your sporrans bwat. What are your good ones vs. bad ones (or what makes a good sporran vs a bad one), and why do you think the bad ones made your kilt more prone to pilling?

[bwat]

But I'm curious though about your sporrans bwat. What are your good ones vs. bad ones (or what makes a good sporran vs a bad one), and why do you think the bad ones made your kilt more prone to pilling?

Consider the pieces of leather sewn onto the back of the following two sporrans. The one on the left (brown) has a hard, rough edged, piece of leather which I think rubbed the kilt and caused the pilling. The sporran on the right has two pieces of leather which seem much softer.Sporrans.jpg

Th pilling is between the bottom edges of both sporrans in the picture but you'll probably not be able to see it.