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Fiber ID Chart

	FLAME			ODOR	ASH			Dissolves In	CLEANING PROBLEM
	COLOR	ACTION	SMOKE		SHAPE	COLOR	HARDNESS
WOOL	Orange	Sputters Out	None	Burning Hair	Irregular	Gray to Black	Crumbles to a course powder	Clorox® bleach	Yellows with alkalies
SILK	Orange	Sputters Out	None	Burning Hair	Irregular	Gray to Black	Crumbles to a course powder	Clorox® bleach & Hydrochloric Acid	Becomes brittle in perspiration.
RAYON	Orange	Rapid Burn	White Puff At End	Burning Paper	No Glowing Ember	Gray	None	Sulfuric acid	Brown with alkalies
ACETATE	Orange	Sputters	None	Vinegar	Shiny Round Bead	Shiny Black	Hard	Acetone	Brown with alkalies
COTTON JUTE SISAL	Orange	Even Burn	None	Burning Paper	Glowing Ember	Gray Or Black	Fine Powder	Sulfuric acid	Brown with alkalies
ACRYLIC	White Orange	Fast Burn Sputters	Black	Acarid, Burned Meat	Irregular	Black	Hard but Crumbles	Warm dimethylformamide	Wicks with over wetness
NYLON	Blue Base/ Orange Tip	Even Burn	White Puff at end	Celery or sealing wax	Round Bead	Gray/ Brown	Hard	Formic acid	stain resistance
OLEFIN	Blue Base/ Orange Tip	Fast & Even Burn	White Puff at end	Asphalt or Paraffin, (candle wax)	Round Bead	Light Tan To Brown	Hard	Dehydronapthalene. Floats on water	Wicks with over wetness
POLYESTER	Orange	Sputters	Black and very sooty.	Sweet, Fruity	Shiny Round Bead	Shiny Black	Hard	Hot meta-cresol or boiling dimethylformamide	Difficult to Clean