How to judge the quality of Xinjiang long-staple cotton home textile products?
2025-05-01
Judge the quality of Xinjiang long-staple cotton home textile products, from the fiber characteristics, process details, experience and other multi-dimensional start, the following are specific methods and points:
Look at the material labeling and certification
Ingredient labeling
Formal products will be clearly marked “Xinjiang long-staple cotton” or “ultra-long-staple cotton” (fiber length ≥ 38mm), some high-end products will be marked “Egyptian cotton with quality” “Sea Island cotton process” and so on (Xinjiang long-staple cotton and Egyptian cotton, Sea Island cotton is the same long-staple cotton varieties).
Alert only marked “cotton” “combed cotton” but not clear “long-staple cotton” products, may be blended with ordinary cotton fibers.
Authoritative certification
Check whether the “China Cotton Association certification” “Xinjiang long-staple cotton geographical indications” and other signs, or through the brand's official website to check the traceability of raw materials (such as planting bases, picking batches, etc.).
Touch fiber and fabric texture
Fiber length test
Extract a small amount of fabric fiber (from the seams or corners), Xinjiang long-staple cotton fiber length is usually 35-40mm, longer than ordinary cotton (25-31mm), the naked eye can see that the fiber is long, smooth, not easy to tangle.
Rub the fiber with your fingers, long-staple cotton feel soft and tough, ordinary cotton may be hard or rough.
Fabric feel
High-quality long-staple cotton home textile fabrics (such as more than 60 high-count yarn) feel delicate, smooth, similar to the texture of silk, and there is a certain sense of drape; low-count yarn or blended products feel hard, the surface may have a rough particle sense.
Lightly pinch the fabric after the release, high-quality long-staple cotton fabrics wrinkle resistance is good, fewer wrinkles and quick recovery; ordinary cotton is easy to wrinkle and not easy to rebound.
Observe the color and gloss
Xinjiang long-staple cotton due to the natural white fiber, fabric color and lustre soft and natural, pearl-like luster, even if the dark fabrics are also through the delicate texture; ordinary cotton fabric luster is dark, or due to excessive bleaching appears to be white.
Dyeing process good long-staple cotton products of uniform color, washing is not easy to fade (you can ask to see the color fastness test report, grade ≥ 3 for qualified).