Luxury Bamboo Fiber Shirts

1. Is Bamboo Good For Shirts?
Bamboo Fabric is great for shirts! The advantages to using bamboo fabric are endless and you need to get to know about them. It is softer than Silk, making it one of if not the most comfortable fabric you will ever get to wear, it is antibacterial, wrinkles resistant, and contains eco friendly properties. Making it one of the best fabrics for Shirt Making.

2.What are the disadvantages of Bamboo Clothing
All Bamboo fabric has to undergo Chemical processing, posing a danger to the environment, involving carbon disulfide. These chemicals that are used are dangerous for human health and the environment. At Bombay Trooper we pre wash the fabric and ensure all chemicals and shrinkage is looked into before final packaging of the product.

3. Does Bamboo clothing keep you cool?
Yes, bamboo fabric is a very breathable fabric. In almost all cases, you'll find that bamboo shirts and tshirts when made from Bamboo Fabric are airy, breathable and cool. Bamboo stands to remain about 3 degrees cooler than cotton. It is breathable as it allows your body heat to easily escape.

4. Is Bamboo Fabric as good as Cotton Fabric ?
Mainly all of the clothes we wear are made from cotton and cotton as we all know it, is far from being environmentally friendly. The solution to our Cotton issues is here in the form of Bamboo! Bamboo is the most sustainable and quickest growing plant on planet earth, making it comparatively much more ecofriendly than cotton. Bombay Trooper has taken the initiative of giving you a sustainable option that can replace cotton for you and give the same or even better utility.

5. Does Bamboo Clothing keep you cool?
Yes, bamboo fabric is a very breathable fabric. In almost all cases, you'll find that bamboo shirts and tshirts when made from Bamboo Fabric are airy, breathable and cool. Bamboo stands to remain about 3 degrees cooler than cotton. It is breathable as it allows your body heat to easily escape.

Bamboo clothing is a lighter, cooler option to its close substitutes. It does not only keep the clothes breathable but in humid conditions also helps in absorbing. Giving an overall cooler feel!

6.Does Bamboo Clothing Make you Sweat?
Bamboo Clothing is light and breathable, which means there are less chances of you to sweat in a Bamboo fiber garment. The breathable nature of the material will ensure an airy experience and the light nature of the fabric does not weigh the garment on you. A good combination of breathable and light keeps the humid, sweaty seasons far away from you! Bamboo clothing does not make you sweat

7.How long does bamboo clothing last?
Bamboo fabric of its own is a very durable material. If we harvest and process bamboo in its natural form without the chemicals to help it grow faster we will get a very strong and durable fabric. The processing we put the fabric through results in it getting weaker. Bamboo clothing lasts for over 2 years without any tears and holes, which could come through extra washes or wear and tear.

8.Can you put bamboo clothing in the dryer?
Clothes & linens that are made from woven bamboo fabrics preferably should be air-dried, again preferably on an indoor folding rack or then we can look at hanging it from an outdoor clothesline for best results. Knitted bamboo clothing or sweaters and accessories must be dried flat to prevent stretching. If you need to dry the clothes immediately, use the low heat cycle of the dryer. Remove the fabric while it is still slightly damp. High temperatures in a dryer can result in the bamboo fabric shrinking so please keep a close eye.

9.Does Bamboo clothing need ironing
Yes, absolutely you can iron your Bamboo fabric clothing. One has to just be careful about the temperature at which they use their iron. As if the temperature is too high and the iron comes in contact with the Bamboo clothing the fibers will turn yellow indicating a burn. Thus recommended to use your iron on low temperature or best is to cover the Bamboo fabric being ironed by another piece of light clothing i.e a round neck t shirt.

10.Does Bamboo Clothing shrink in the dryer
No, Bamboo Clothing does not shrink if used in the dryer for 15 to 25 minutes. Like all other garments the recommended time in the dryer is 15 to 25 minutes. Yes if the clothes are left in the dryer for more than 25 minutes, the bamboo clothing will start to shrink, this will be seen from the length of the Shirt as well as basic fitting points will become tighter for you.