babyface Posted January 24, 2019 Report Share Posted January 24, 2019 Are high thread-count cotton sheets available for sale anyplace Lakeside? Looking for NOB-sized Queen set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted January 24, 2019 Report Share Posted January 24, 2019 In a word, no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Berca Posted January 24, 2019 Report Share Posted January 24, 2019 Amazon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bisbee Gal Posted January 24, 2019 Report Share Posted January 24, 2019 Also at Costco.com or via Costco Lakeside Delivery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnMama Posted January 24, 2019 Report Share Posted January 24, 2019 Either find used sheets at one of the bazaars or ship them down using Amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 24, 2019 Report Share Posted January 24, 2019 Amazon. mx as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeside7 Posted January 24, 2019 Report Share Posted January 24, 2019 Has anyone checked out the guy selling sheets out the back of his pick up, on Wednesdays north side of the carretera/revolucion...out of the corner of my eye I think he is selling "bamboo " mixture sheets?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natasha Posted January 24, 2019 Report Share Posted January 24, 2019 IF you use a clothesline for drying (as I have done here for 20 years) be sure to NOT hang 100% cotton sheets out in strong sun. This altitude/latitude combo eats them to shreds in less than 2 years! One clothesline option is dry them at night..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 3 hours ago, Bisbee Gal said: Also at Costco.com or via Costco Lakeside Delivery. Only if you want sateen, unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 50 minutes ago, lakeside7 said: Has anyone checked out the guy selling sheets out the back of his pick up, on Wednesdays north side of the carretera/revolucion...out of the corner of my eye I think he is selling "bamboo " mixture sheets?? I looked up bamboo sheets when I first saw him. Many false claims, many undesirable sheets. But I have no "hands on". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 33 minutes ago, Natasha said: IF you use a clothesline for drying (as I have done here for 20 years) be sure to NOT hang 100% cotton sheets out in strong sun. This altitude/latitude combo eats them to shreds in less than 2 years! One clothesline option is dry them at night..... I use the dryer and they still get shredded within two years. Can't quite wrap my head around that since we had Egyptian cotton sheets before coming down here and, washed and dried the same way, they were twenty years old. Go figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bisbee Gal Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 12 hours ago, ComputerGuy said: Only if you want sateen, unfortunately. Sateen is 100% cotton. It's a personal preference. As a tosser and turner, the smoother finish of sateen is far more comfortable for me and my aging hip bones. The ones from Costco Mexico are not shiny or slippery, just a softer finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 Works for you, but not for me. The CostCo ones are shiny sateen. Too slippery and too tightly woven, they don't breathe, and would be unbearable for me 9 months of the year here. But I am referring only to local CostCo sateen. I bought a couple of sets of sheets from Amazon this year that are also sateen, but they are not shiny. Just very smooth. And they are excellent. It is so difficult to shop for sheets, yet alone online when you can't feel them. I would love to have 100% cotton, thin, soft sheets... I find most so-called Egyptian cotton being sold online is far too-tightly woven, heavy, and suffocating. Something I never thought about in the old days in Canada when I would just go shopping for sheets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bisbee Gal Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 Not shiny, matte finish. When is last time you ordered? These are from costco.com.mx delivered free last year. Picture taken a few minutes ago. Easily the best sheets I have owned in many many years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 I had the delivery kids for CostCo at the store in Guad on WhatsApp, sending pics and prices. I chose a pattern and they delivered it. As I started to put them in the washer, I realized they were sateen. Not matte, but shiny. These were expensive (for here) at somewhere around 1500p. They were kind enough to return them for me for a full refund. That was this past summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bisbee Gal Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 6 minutes ago, ComputerGuy said: I had the delivery kids for CostCo at the store in Guad on WhatsApp, sending pics and prices. I chose a pattern and they delivered it. As I started to put them in the washer, I realized they were sateen. Not matte, but shiny. These were expensive (for here) at somewhere around 1500p. They were kind enough to return them for me for a full refund. That was this past summer. Pattern? At Costco Mexico online only solids and just a few colors, maybe 3 or 4. My recollection is that out of the wrapper, these were a bit shinier looking, than the flat matte they have become. But that is true of almost any unwashed cotton item, fresh from the factory, be it a shirt or sheets. But these sheets feel exactly the same after a year's worth of washing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 unfortunately all the satten soft stuff is fashionable now.. I was at Liverpool in Tuxtla yesterdat and they had those 400 threads all cotton sateeny, so I came back without anything.. I like the rogher old fashion cotton sheets that had to be ironed and it is just impossible to find.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 34 minutes ago, Bisbee Gal said: Pattern? At Costco Mexico online only solids and just a few colors, maybe 3 or 4. My recollection is that out of the wrapper, these were a bit shinier looking, than the flat matte they have become. But that is true of almost any unwashed cotton item, fresh from the factory, be it a shirt or sheets. But these sheets feel exactly the same after a year's worth of washing. First off, the CostCo Mexico Website is abhorrent. I don't know how they expect to sell anything when they display so few products. And, the Website does not necessarily reflect what is currently in Guadalajara stores. But yes, pattern. And no, I am wise enough to know the difference between shiny "new" and shiny after washing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCS Notices Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 I ordered sheets from Amazon USA last year... The brand was California Design Den - two sets of king size and one of queen. I first ordered extra pillowcases and liked them. Ordered towels from Amazon.Mx and ordered additional after testing them first. Can't access my archived order now but the brand was Superior ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guiness Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 19 hours ago, Bisbee Gal said: Also at Costco.com or via Costco Lakeside Delivery. I bought a set of flannel sheets at Costco - they were horrible. First wash they fell apart and the amount of "fluff" off of them in my dryer was something else - looked like half the flannel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 I have bought several sets from CostCo over the years. They all pill after a few washes, but they are still going strong. Last year, CostCo introduced flannel sheets from Portugal. These are much better quality than the others. Softer and more durable. But I think we have to look at the prices here. I'd be paying a lot more back home than the 25 or 30 bucks these things cost here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimanjome Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 I am a textile weaver and spinner, and I am familiar with woven cotton, including sheets. The reason the cotton sheets don't last as long as when we were younger is the cotton staple (fiber) that is used now is short staple. It isn't long enough to hold much tension (after being twisted into a thread) so it falls apart more easily. When we were younger US long staple cotton (fewer breakage points) was the norm; now it is more expensive and therefore, not on the normal shopping radar, i.e. Costco. What I do when I return to the US is go to places like Goodwill and Salvation Army and look through the linen supply. Many times I can find perfectly good hotel linens made of high quality, durable cotton for excellent prices. I avoid sateen like the plague--it pills far too easily. I am a 100% natural fiber enthusiast. However, a 60/40 percale mix--60% cotton, 40% polyester--adds increased longevity to a linen without sacrificing softness. The best count is somewhere between 250 and 300. Higher than that and you start getting into finer threads with the propensity towards weakness. The other benefit to a good cotton/percale mix is the noticeable stiffness, i.e. crunchiness that resembles a starched and ironed sheet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 Yes I like the cotton percale sheets that is what we use in France and that I like.. The 400 plus threads is expensive and do not last , it is also too soft for my taste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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