PV Kilt - New kilt already showing wear

[Nemuragh]

In the newbie section, I mentioned that I had bought an inexpensive PV kilt as an experiment. Already, despite only having the thing a few days and only having worn it to try it out, there seems to be wear on the surface of the fabric at the waist (presumably from the sporran chain). Does it seem likely that this is a genuine PV material?



If the image has loaded this is a view of the top left corner of the front apron.



Supposedly, this is PV. It was inexpensive but more costly than those described as ‘acrylic’.

What do folks think?

John

[MikeC]

i dont know about how a PV kilt wears, as mine is only a month old, and i dont wear a sporran with it, but my acrylic kilt took years of abuse with a sporran before I got that kind of wear.

[Steve Ashton]

To clear up a very common misunderstanding. P/V stands for Polyester/Viscose. Viscose is the British term for Rayon. So P/V would denote a fabric which is a blend of Polyester and Rayon fibers.

The kilt in the photos, while commonly sold and referred to as P/V is, in fact, made from a blend of Rayon and Acetate fibers.

It seems that since the introduction of the true P/V that some makers began to use the term for almost any synthetic fabric. I have a sample kilt in my shop which is also sold using the term P/V when if fact the label says it contains 100% Acrylic wool. (Whatever that means. Plastic sheep perhaps.)

[craigclan]

I have knock around kilt made by the same company . Have had it for years and beaten the crap out of it . No wear and tear on mine . Its held up very well

[Steve Ashton]

Another common misunderstanding.

The green and yellow label you will find inside many kilts made is Sailkot Pakistan is not specific to any one maker or company.

There are hundreds of small companies in just this one city and they all seem to use the same green and yellow label.

Here is just one variation on the same label.



Notice please that nowhere on this label does it state where the kilt was made or where the fabric was woven.

[craigclan]

Cool I learned something new . Thanks . I assumed it was an actually manufacturer using the tag not multiple ones

[Nemuragh]

To clear up a very common misunderstanding. P/V stands for Polyester/Viscose. Viscose is the British term for Rayon. So P/V would denote a fabric which is a blend of Polyester and Rayon fibers.

The kilt in the photos, while commonly sold and referred to as P/V is, in fact, made from a blend of Rayon and Acetate fibers.

Thanks for pointing that out. It’s a long time since I studied organic chemistry and I was assuming that polyester and acrylic referred to the same (class of) polymer. So, this is not a PV fabric despite being described as such! Actually, it was described as ‘polyviscose’. I wish I had checked that out before this although I couldn’t know until I saw the label.

John

[Mike S]

Anyhoo,

A quick and easy way to minimize the wear on your kilt is to use leather or other fiber straps in place of the metal chains. The latter can potentially cause undo wear and tear on even a heavy weight wool tank of a kilt.

[Nemuragh]

Anyhoo,

A quick and easy way to minimize the wear on your kilt is to use leather or other fiber straps in place of the metal chains. The latter can potentially cause undo wear and tear on even a heavy weight wool tank of a kilt.

Thanks, I had already seen mention of this and had thought to make a square knot sinnet, in an appropriate yarn, to enclose the chain (or, even, replace the chain). However, I didn’t expect to see such wear after just trying the kilt on a few times

John

[Mike S]

The less expensive hanger chains are the culprit. They aren't as smoothed and polished, and more importantly, the links aren't soldered shut unlike the better quality examples. Those slightly open link gaps are usually what snags and causes the pilling of the fabric surface.