Shirlastain Education Kit

#SDL-M030T, Your price $349

Shirlastains are used by industry professionals, in combination with multi-fiber fabric references, to identify fibers quickly and simply and with no complicated equipment. Now the Shirlastain Education Kit is available as an economical introduction to the process. Sorry, no returns or exchanges of textile testing equipment and supplies. Price may fluctuate on this product but if the price has increased we will confirm your order with you before we charge your credit card.

The Shirley Multifibre Fabric Strip in the kit serves as a reference and contains the following undyed fibers: cotton, viscose rayon, wool, silk, cellulose secondary acetate, cellulose acetate, nylon 6.6, nylon 6, polyester, Acrilan 1656, Courtelle, and Orlon 42. The sample under test is immersed in the reactive stain and the resultant color identifies the fiber. You will never find a more perfect way to communicate to your students the variation in the chemical composition and molecular arrangement of various fibers. Students will now understand the challenges of textile dyeing and concepts of cross dyeing and union dyeing.

The Shirlastain Education Kit contains full instructions, and enough ingredients and consumables for over 40 tests with each Shirlastain type. Each item in the kit is renewable separately as required. We think you’ll agree this is an ideal way to create one of those “teachable moments” in your textile class.

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