Murf, Tyvek is not poly propylene but polyethylene. Polyethylene floats in water, but just barely.
Mark Delaney --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Gary; > While the Phentex Harmen sent me is not twisted but > parallel, the strands are > wavy. I don't know how the strands stay together > like yarn since they are > not twisted or intertwined but it is NOT > polypropelene. My "expert" opinion > as a longtime supplier of Tyvek (spun olefin by > DuPont), is that this Phentex > sample is the real stuff (olefin fibers). I can't > tear it, it's waterproof, > you can't MAKE it sink in water, and it has the same > feel to my fingers. > > Murf > > > Is the Phentex that you got similar to Poly-Yarn? > Is it twisted like > > regular yarns, or are the fibers all parallel? > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com
