Speedway 100% Spun Polyester Sewing Thread Tex 60 (20/2) — 3,000 m Cone (3,281 yds)

Speedway Tex 60 is a 100% spun polyester (TFO) sewing thread supplied on a 3,000 m cone (3,281 yds), available in 7 colors. Spun polyester gives a soft hand and excellent sewability on high-speed apparel machines, with the dimensional stability and colorfastness of a synthetic. Ships from Miami, FL.

Technical Specifications

What is it used for?

• Light to medium-weight work: light upholstery and home textiles
• Bag making and light leather goods
• Denim and workwear
• Visible topstitching where you want a thread with some body

What needle size should I use?

Use a Nm 100–110 (Singer 16–18) needle with this thread.

That is the size. The system — DBx1, 135x17, 134-35 — depends on your machine, not on the thread. How to identify yours · Industrial machine needles

Careful with “Nm”: for thread it means 1000/Tex (Tex 60 = Nm 16.7), but for needles it means the blade diameter in hundredths of a millimetre (Nm 110 = 1.10 mm). They are not the same number. Conversion formulas from Coats; government sizes from the A-A-59826 specification published by American & Efird.

Not sure between two sizes?

Tex 60 or Tex 27? Drop to Tex 27 for regular garment sewing and overlocking. Tex 60 is for when the seam should be visible or the fabric is heavier.

Bonded Nylon vs. Spun Polyester — which one?

Bonded nylon is stronger for its diameter and more abrasion resistant, and the bonding agent keeps the plies from fraying at high sewing speeds. It is the standard for upholstery, leather and canvas worked indoors or under cover.

Spun polyester holds up better to prolonged sunlight and moisture. For anything that lives outdoors year-round, polyester — or our UV-treated nylon — is the safer choice.

Buy a full box and save

Order 12 cones or more of this product and the discount applies automatically at checkout — no code needed. That is a full factory box.

Other cones in this line

• Tex 27 — 5,000 m production cone
• Tex 27 — 2,500 m cone for short runs

Frequently Asked Questions

What needle size should I use with Tex 60?

Nm 100–110 (Singer 16–18). If the stitch looks starved or the thread frays, go one size up before changing anything else.

Should I use Tex 60 or the next size?

Tex 60 or Tex 27? Drop to Tex 27 for regular garment sewing and overlocking. Tex 60 is for when the seam should be visible or the fabric is heavier.

How many yards are on the cone?

This is a 3,000 m cone (3,281 yds). Metres and yards are an exact conversion, so that figure is not an estimate.

Will this work on a domestic machine?

Yes. Tex 60 is a normal garment weight — any domestic machine handles it with the needle size above. It is also the weight most overlock and coverstitch machines are set up for.