Peaches&Cream Cotton Yarn - What?

[Koudotai]

Yes, how important, really, is the boiling? And for how long? Just seems that anything that would get melted and driven out by boiling would reach that point within the first few minutes. Is extra boiling time really necessary?

It's to remove contaminants in non-organic/ sterile cotton. They use pesticides and bleach and the boiling process is to remove/ sanitize it. If I get regular cotton or cotton yarn then I boil it twice for about 10 minutes

 

[Bolivar]

A lot of people thing sterilized means ultra clean, but not necessarily...it means it is free from bacteria or other microbes. You could sterilize a dog t**d, but it would still be a dog t**d...it just would not grow any bacteria or other pathogens. It might still harbor traces of the sterilant, if something like cidex, bleach or hydrogen peroxide was used to sterilize it.

That is why people boil yarn and cotton- to remove any traces of material other than the cotton- be it bleach, hydrogen peroxide or other contaminates.




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[bucken]

When you boil cotton, does it tend to stay on top of the water? What I guess I'm trying to ask is, Do you just drop some cotton balls in a pan of boiling water? Do you need anything to help keep it submerged, or does it tend to circulate like a pot of boiling noodles?

 

[daviedog]

P&C uses hydrogen peroxide and sofeners to eliminate seeds in manufacturing.
I soak in vinegar, than boil for 10 minutes. I use ecru. I like Cotten balls, but they really swell up. Gunk up coils faster..