Why pantyhose hole
NZPA-AP North Carolina The mysterious holes that occasionally appear in pantyhose on a hot day are really no mystery — just a combination of weather and pollution, says a trade association. Heat and humidity reacted with the sulphur in car exhaust and other air pollution to create sulphuric acid which ate through the petroleum-based nylon fila-
ments, leaving pantyhose that resembled Swiss cheese, said Mr Sid Smith, B’ lent of the CharlotteNational Association of Hosiery Manufacturers. “It happens only when you have just the right environmental conditions as were in evidence during late June in the Baltimore-Wash-ington area,” he said. “The lady gets perplexed and doesn’t know what is
going on. Some thought it was the fault of the garment but it is not.” A combination of high humidity, high temperature, and air pollution formed a type of acid mist which impacted on - everything around it. The acid literally weakened the fabric and filaments to breaking point.
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