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Keep Cool As Wool Regulates Temperature
Insulation
What Wool Does for You
Wool keeps your baby cool when it’s hot and warm when it’s cold.
Wool keeps your baby cool when it’s hot and warm when it’s cold.
Why
Wool traps air in spaces between the fibers. Merino wool is particularly fine, so it has more air space by weight. Since the insulation of wool is proportional to its thickness, teasing up a fleecy wool fabric like we use for our puddle pads means even greater insulation. Loft means insulation.
Wool traps air in spaces between the fibers. Merino wool is particularly fine, so it has more air space by weight. Since the insulation of wool is proportional to its thickness, teasing up a fleecy wool fabric like we use for our puddle pads means even greater insulation. Loft means insulation.
Air Circulation & Breathability
What Wool Does for You
Wool lets your child’s skin breathe.
Wool lets your child’s skin breathe.
Why
Wool wicks moisture---it is hygroscopic. If you sweat at night, wool absorbs it. If a baby’s diaper is wet, wool absorbs it. Because that moisture is absorbed to the core of the fibers rather than staying on the surface, we don’t feel the wetness.
Merino wool can absorb up to 35% of its own dry weight before it starts to feel wet to the touch. Cotton can absorb up to 24%, and synthetics absorb as low as only 1% of their weight in water. [1] It takes much less moisture for cotton and synthetics to feel wet against the skin.
Wool wicks moisture---it is hygroscopic. If you sweat at night, wool absorbs it. If a baby’s diaper is wet, wool absorbs it. Because that moisture is absorbed to the core of the fibers rather than staying on the surface, we don’t feel the wetness.
Merino wool can absorb up to 35% of its own dry weight before it starts to feel wet to the touch. Cotton can absorb up to 24%, and synthetics absorb as low as only 1% of their weight in water. [1] It takes much less moisture for cotton and synthetics to feel wet against the skin.
Humidity Control & Moisture Buffer
What Wool Does for You
Wool lets your child’s skin breathe.
Wool lets your child’s skin breathe.
Why
Because of the openness of wool fabric---with the trapped pockets of air and the natural wicking of moisture---your child’s skin isn’t trapped in the moisture of sweat and urine. Unlike the water-tight seal you get with plastics and polymers, air and moisture can move through the fabric, though air permeability is reduced with thicker fabrics.
With wool, your baby doesn’t stew his own juices.
Because of the openness of wool fabric---with the trapped pockets of air and the natural wicking of moisture---your child’s skin isn’t trapped in the moisture of sweat and urine. Unlike the water-tight seal you get with plastics and polymers, air and moisture can move through the fabric, though air permeability is reduced with thicker fabrics.
With wool, your baby doesn’t stew his own juices.
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copyright 2001-2012 by Firefly Diapers