2-Pocket Canvas Apron 57078 vs Toolmaker's Apron: which is safer?
Dickies 2-Pocket Canvas Apron 57078 is our pick, better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Our pick
Dickies
2-Pocket Canvas Apron 57078
PFAS grade
Good 65/100
Overall grade
Good 59/100
Verdict
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Hazard flags
⚑ 1
Material
100% canvas cotton, uncoated
Confidence
82%
PossibleFormaldehyde resins (fabric sizing and finishing)
Dickies
Toolmaker's Apron
PFAS grade
Good 65/100
Overall grade
Good 53/100
Verdict
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Hazard flags
⚑ 3
Material
Cotton duck fabric
Confidence
72%
PossibleFormaldehyde resins in cotton finishing
PossibleAzo dyes and color fastness
PossibleDust and particulate irritation from loose fibers
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Formaldehyde resins (fabric sizing and finishing) on the Dickies and not on the Dickies.
- We flag Formaldehyde resins in cotton finishing, Azo dyes and color fastness and Dust and particulate irritation from loose fibers on the Dickies and not on the Dickies.
- The Dickies is 100% canvas cotton, uncoated where the Dickies is Cotton duck fabric, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- These two are level, close enough that price and fit should decide it rather than our grade.
Both products run through the same public rubric, which covers materials, coatings, brand disclosure, lab findings, and recalls, plus a beyond-PFAS hazard analysis. Grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests. How grades work →
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