You might be able to buy it to make your own , but I said there aren't any (commercially made) pillows made of it that I know of. And Sue was looking for a pillow she could buy. I am assuming the polyethylene is the self healing, white bubbly looking stuff, (a bit like the inside of an Aero chocolate bar for those in the UK) with a slight give if you press it. And it squeaks as you put pins into it. I have seen it used in the US and Canada, and I think I have one pillow made of it. I don't much like the feel of using it, and it is hard work to get the pins in and out. It is easier to carve though than polystyrene, to shape a rounded edge, as it is slightly rubbery. A lot of these insulation type materials are commercially listed but are for the building and industrial trades, so you can only buy them in very large quantities out of all proportion in both price, and in terms of storage for the surplus, if you only want one pillow. For example the site you found says "The material is available in a range of grades suitable for a wide range of industrial and general applications" and "high density polyethylene is widely used in automotive, leisure and industrial applications and is particularly suitable for the fabrication of tanks, silos, hoppers etc." Unfortunately they will almost certainly be selling it in large sheets, not in 2' square blocks.
For making pillows I buy dense polystyrene designed for roofing insulation. It also comes in large sheets (from memory) about 2' x 6', and a couple of inches thick. Even that I have to buy in packs of four sheets, so it makes an awful lot of pillows!!! However DH also uses it to insulate his beehives in the winter and uses more of it than I do. Jacquie in Lincolnshire - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
