Polyester braided cord, 5 mm
Polyester braided cord, 5 mm: construction, weight per metre, how it handles and what it is for.
- Material
- polyester
- Construction
- braided
- Diameter (mm)
- 5 mm
- Weight (g/m)Typical weight per metre; makers vary by about 15%
- 14 g/m
- Stretch
- low
- Combs into fringeWhether the cut ends can be unravelled and brushed into a soft fringe
- false
- Best for
- Outdoor plant hangers and porch swings; pieces left in sun and rain.
- Notes
- Low stretch and colourfast outdoors, unlike cotton, which greys and rots when wet for long. Ends are melted. Slightly slippery, so the first knot of a sinnet is tied tighter.
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