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[pct-l] Cloth choice
- Subject: [pct-l] Cloth choice
- From: wpsnotebook at charter.net (Richard Woods)
- Date: Sun Feb 26 12:04:59 2006
- In-reply-to: <5fddfcfd0602252118h380c875ha9e4aaaac269cd8c@mail.gmail.com>
- References: <20060224003008.E483F1D261@edina.hack.net> <036290A5-419E-4556-8FD8-B247C381EFDD@charter.net> <5fddfcfd0602252118h380c875ha9e4aaaac269cd8c@mail.gmail.com>
Great tip!
On Feb 25, 2006, at 9:18 PM, Mark Verber wrote:
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> On 2/25/06, Richard Woods <wpsnotebook@charter.net> wrote:
> Something to think about is how much sun protection you're really
> getting. Sure, cotton and linen in the desert might help to keep you
> cool, but how about the UV protection factor?
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> Cotton that has been treated can actually provide decent UV
> protection. A brand new cotton tee-shirt is likely to provide a
> mere UPF5 protection. But that same tee-shirt washed a couple
> dozen times in a detergent with brightener (or once in http://
> www.sunguardsunprotection.com/ ) will raise the protection to UPF30.
>
> --mark
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