Coconut
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Brown fibre
The fibrous husks are soaked in pits or in nets in a slow-moving body of water to swell and soften the fibres. The long bristle fibres are separated from the shorter mattress fibres underneath the skin of the nut, a process known as wet-milling.Coir bristle fibre can also be bleached and dyed to obtain hanks of different colours.
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White fibre
The immature husks are suspended in a river or water-filled pit for up to ten months. During this time, micro-organisms break down the plant tissues surrounding the fibres to loosen them — a process known as retting.Cleaned fibre is ready for spinning into yarn using a simple one-handed system or a spinning wheel.
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Bristle coir
Bristle coir is the longest variety of coir fibre. It is manufactured from retted coconut husks through a process called defibring. The coir fibre thus extracted is then combed using steel combs to make the fibre clean and to remove short fibres.Bristle coir fibre is used as bristles in brushes for domestic and industrial applications.
