Let us bow our heads, and observe a moment of silence ...
Now, judging by the height of the holes - do you know anyone who would like a Black Watch mini-kilt?
(No disrespect intended towards the Black Watch; just the first practical use of the fabric that occurred to me.)

Quote Originally Posted by Pour1Malt
Emma wuz wonderin whit wuid happen if a lit cigarette hit yin o' these poly kilts???
My one brother (who does industrial electrical maintenance, soldering, welding, and other activities involving sparks and flying gobbets of molten metal) have had this discussion more than once. Based on some industrial safety references and personal experiences, the level of flammability of generally available fabrics, least to most, is:

  • leather
  • hemp
  • wool
  • cotton
  • poly-cotton
  • polyester and other poly-blends (including acrylic and PV)
The poly's don't burn as much as melt, as you have unfortunately discovered. And they melt very well, and very quickly. Our father had a poly-cotton hooded jacket that suffered a melted chest and a lost sleeve in a incident with a fuse box, and Dad didn't have contact with the fuse box much over a second or two.

And yet I gave our other brother an acrylic Stillwater ... I think that may have been a very evil attempt on my part to help him quit smoking.