Hey Mark, Would you take a look at this and explain it to us in 100 words or less? :>)
http://www.psrc.usm.edu/macrog/meta.htm Bud ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Delaney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 8:46 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Thanks Harmen! (Phentex) > 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
