5576  Stay-dry shirts

Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 20:39:13 +0000
From: Jay Rabe <jayrabe@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Stay-dry shirts
To: "tango-l@mit.edu" <tango-l@mit.edu>


HRoss wrote:

> Regarding wicking shirts for you men - it's nice that you stay dry, but the
> action of the fabric is to wick it away from you. And where does that end
> up? At the outside of your shirt - for the followers! Hmm...something to
> think about. ;-)

Actually it doesn't work that way. I presume the moisture evaporates, because the shirts are completely dry on the outside too.

J

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Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 14:57:35 -0800
From: Brick Robbins <brick@fastpack.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Stay-dry shirts
To: tango-l@mit.edu
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The shirts are made of Coolmax fabric

Coolmax is made from a specially shaped polyester fiber with grooves
along the length of the thread.

The grooves do 2 things,
1) the capillary action distributes the moisture over a longer
distance along the thread, spreading out the moisture giving more area
for evaporation
2) the grooves increase the surface area of the thread, giving more
area for evaporation

The special thread is woven into a special weave that allows more air
to pass through the fabric, promoting evaporation.

This stuff works.