Bamboo viscose

Viscose fabric is made from wood pulp from trees like eucalyptus, bamboo and others. Bamboo viscose really describes how bamboo is processed and turned into a workable fabric. The viscose process involves taking wood, in this case bamboo, and putting it through a series of steps before it’s spun into a fabric. 

First, the bamboo stalks steep in a solution to help break down their structure and make them pliable. The bamboo pulp will be shredded, aged, and ripened before being filtered, washed, and spun. Once it has been spun, the threads can be woven to create a fabric – bamboo viscose.

Both viscose and rayon are made from wood cellulose, cellulose being a substance composed of plant cells and vegetable fibers such as cotton, bamboo, etc., so technically, rayon and viscose are the same.

However, there is a slight difference between rayon and viscose. Rayon was originally developed as an alternative to silk and is a manufactured fiber utilizing wood cellulose. Then, it was discovered that bamboo could be an alternative to traditional wood, and viscose was created.