In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 26 Aug 2018 00:46:38 +0000 (UTC), Logan
MacEwens wrote:

On 25/08/2018 @ 17:38:12, Dean Hoffman wrote:

Don't you just combine the words in your title and then hope
they're exactly
the right color?
"540 threads per inch pima cotton sateen sheets"
https://www.amazon.com/Wamsutta-500-Thread-Count-PimaCott-QUEEN-Freebies/dp/B075KLRX9T

That doesn't help as I'm trying to learn how to buy the sheets better.
The wife doesn't have a clue why she wants what she wants.

The color is for a girl going off to college so the size is some kind of
long twin but I have no control over that so I didn't ask that here.

You're lucky she only wants sheets. My sil wants houses.

The wifey asks for stuff but she doesn't know what she is asking for.
She just knows that is what her friends tell her to buy for kids to school.

She did the same with "leaded crystal" where I asked why "leaded crystal"
and all she could tell me is all her friends have leaded crystal.

I looked that up and it happens to be "clearer" but let's get back to
pima cotton - 540 tpi - sateen

That URL you gave says
"Pimacott. Experience luxury with the Wamsutta 500-Thread-Count PimaCott
Sheet Set. Pure American PimaCott holds color better, fades less and the
extra-long, dense fibers create ultrafine fabric that is smooth, luxurious,
and amazingly soft."

That doesn't really tell me what "pima" means unles the fibers are "extra
long" but what does an extra long fiber really mean?

Aren't the fibers the whole size of the sheet itself?