Today we will talk about the filling cotton used for plush toys.
The professional term for plush filling cotton in the toy industry is polyester fiber, polyester short fiber, or three-dimensional hollow cotton. Outsiders think that filling cotton is cotton, but in reality, it is not. Cotton grows on trees, and the filling materials for plush dolls mainly come from oil, natural gas, or coal.
In the industry, filling cotton is divided into large chemical fibers and small chemical fibers. Large scale chemical fiber refers to the filling cotton made by large-scale toy factories using good filling cotton materials, such as PET slices and fuses. Small chemical fiber refers to a small factory that uses plastic recycling, such as recycling pure water bottles and hot melt drawing them to produce filling cotton, which is called small chemical fiber.
Generally speaking, the quality of filling cotton made from small chemical fibers is slightly worse than that made from large chemical fibers. For example, the color of filling cotton is not very pure, white, and soft, and the cotton thread needs to be hard, and even residue may fall off after a long time. However, it can be used for plush toys and can be used without worry.