The difference between pressed silk and mulberry silk

Mulberry silk and pressed silk often appear in many home textiles, but when people buy them, the most important experience is comfort. As long as it fits our skin, people will want to buy it. However, many people don’t know the real difference between pressed silk and mulberry silk. First of all, the processing is different, and the other is the material. So no matter the color or feel, they are different.

In fact, experts can tell at a glance which is mulberry silk and which is tussah silk, but how can a novice distinguish them? Today, the editor will give you a detailed introduction. I believe that through the introduction of the article, you will have a deeper understanding of the two.

1. The difference between pressed silk and mulberry silk is the different processing techniques: mulberry silk is naturally white, so when making silk quilts, there is no need for any chemical bleaching process. For a truly natural silk quilt, it must be made from mulberry silk cocoons. It is different with tussah silk quilts. If they are made into quilts directly without being processed, the color and feel will usually be difficult for consumers to accept.

2. The difference between pressed silk and mulberry silk: mulberry silkworms feed on mulberry leaves and are domesticated silkworms. The tussah silkworm mainly eats tussah leaves and is raised in a way that is more similar to that of wild silkworms. The mulberry silkworm belongs to the Bombycidae family of the Lepidoptera, while the tussah silkworm belongs to the Macrostomidae family of the Lepidoptera. Strictly speaking, they are two different insects. Since the two do not originally belong to the same family and species, the silk cocoons they produce are quite different. The cocoons made by silkworms are mostly crystal clear white. The cocoons of tussah silkworms are mostly dark brown and gray-green.

1. Mulberry silk is a long fiber, just like a rubber band with great elasticity. It has superior elasticity and toughness and can be stretched 10 times without breaking. Even if a small silk cocoon silk is stretched to the size of a whole quilt, it will not break. Therefore, it is more suitable for hand-drawn silk quilts. However, tussah silk fibers are shorter and have poor elasticity and toughness, so "machine-made silk quilts" mostly use tussah silk.

3. In order to make the feel and color closer to "mulberry silk", merchants often add "fluorescent brighteners" and other methods to fade and chemically bleach the silk. Even when merchants clearly inform customers, most customers would rather spend more money to buy mulberry silk quilts for a little more peace of mind and security.