AmeriKilt Help: First Time Buyer

[Big Mikey]

Here's a little help. Mike does attend a number of games and fairs so it isn't unusual for him to be out of touch for a week (personal experience) but he will get back to you. As to the material, I have an AK from a few years back and it is made of a poly/cotton blend, very light but very comfortable. I have had no trouble at all with wrinkles. The new material is more like a light weight Carrhart, a little stiff. Now it wrinkles very easily, 10 or 15 minutes sitting and if you don't get the pleats just right......I have been told that with repeated washings the material will soften and be less bother.

[seanachie]

Here's a little help. Mike does attend a number of games and fairs so it isn't unusual for him to be out of touch for a week (personal experience) but he will get back to you. As to the material, I have an AK from a few years back and it is made of a poly/cotton blend, very light but very comfortable. I have had no trouble at all with wrinkles. The new material is more like a light weight Carrhart, a little stiff. Now it wrinkles very easily, 10 or 15 minutes sitting and if you don't get the pleats just right......I have been told that with repeated washings the material will soften and be less bother.

Mikey, interesting reading your comment. Hopefully the OP will enlighten us once he has more info. I have an email from Mike from approximately 2 years to the month in which he said the following:
"Over the years we've heard from some customers concerned with our cotton fabrics tendency to wrinkle after a washing. In light of that, we're now working with a 9.5 oz synthetic that has a beautiful hand and treated with a wicking application that helps pull sweat from the surface of the skin - helping the wearer stay dry. THis stuff is nice."