johnnynorman3
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I had an Ebay purchase gone wrong (only $30 out of pocket, so no big deal). Luckily the pants are cool on their own. But I digress.
So, instead of trying to hawk the thing on Ebay (I doubt I could've gotten anywhere near back what I paid, if I were honest), I'd deconstruct it. So, here's what I found. The chest did have a "third interlining" of canvas and what appeared to be a soft cotton material draped over the canvas. But, then "fused" onto the front material was what I presume to be the "fusable material." I basically started tearing it off and it pretty much seemed like an iron-on patch type deal. You could see the glue residue on the wool.
So, my question is, why would you need to put fusing like that when you already have a canvas chest piece? Honestly, it seems like the fusing might add some durability to the wool, which is a good thing. I didn't think that it made the wool all that much stiffer, and it was an old suit and I didn't see any bubbling. So my feeling is that the most important things are (1) a good canvas chest piece and (2) canvas in the lapels [this one DID NOT have canvas in the lapels -- it depended on the extra body given by the fusing]. But I just don't get why you'd need to put fusing in when you have the canvas chest piece (note: I understand why'd you do it in the lapel if you don't have canvas there, but why elsewhere?).
Could somebody answer this?
So, instead of trying to hawk the thing on Ebay (I doubt I could've gotten anywhere near back what I paid, if I were honest), I'd deconstruct it. So, here's what I found. The chest did have a "third interlining" of canvas and what appeared to be a soft cotton material draped over the canvas. But, then "fused" onto the front material was what I presume to be the "fusable material." I basically started tearing it off and it pretty much seemed like an iron-on patch type deal. You could see the glue residue on the wool.
So, my question is, why would you need to put fusing like that when you already have a canvas chest piece? Honestly, it seems like the fusing might add some durability to the wool, which is a good thing. I didn't think that it made the wool all that much stiffer, and it was an old suit and I didn't see any bubbling. So my feeling is that the most important things are (1) a good canvas chest piece and (2) canvas in the lapels [this one DID NOT have canvas in the lapels -- it depended on the extra body given by the fusing]. But I just don't get why you'd need to put fusing in when you have the canvas chest piece (note: I understand why'd you do it in the lapel if you don't have canvas there, but why elsewhere?).
Could somebody answer this?