I was wondering if there was a benefit of the shiny side out or the flat side out when making gear...I ask this question when made half of my snake skins and i was like "mmmm, Shiny" followed by "Crap, Shiny needs to be inside or does it" *points to the sky* "To the Forums"(creepy guy voice from "to the Cloud commericals")
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
Henry David Thoreau
The "shiny-ness" is caused by the material being calendared. That is a process where the fabric is compressed between two rollers, with one or both being heated. This flattens the round fibers making the fabric downproof, for instance.
So, if you are making a quilt, you want to face the shiny side in, against the insulation.
Mike
"Life is a Project!"
But for snake-skins its alright...
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
Henry David Thoreau
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