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Actually potholders and oven mitts can be made of almost any flexible insulating material (e.g. cotton, rayon, kevlar, silicone resin, nomex, Teflon) that will not melt or burn at the temperatures it will be used at.

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The cloth used is a poor conductor of heat, and the thicker anything is, the longer it will take for heat to spread from one side to the other.

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