Textiles Testing Services

Test textiles quickly and non-destructively. If you enter the search term "How to find out what a fabric is made from" then you're likely to find references to 'burn tests'. Fabric (or textile) burn tests involve taking a small sample of the fabric and holding it over a naked flame to observe whether it shrinks, melts or burns. Clearly this isn't safe - nor is it suitable when sorting textiles for recycling, or undertaking textile conservation.