I remember as a kid, ( 1950's) my dad bought some kapok- insulated sleeping bags. They were supposed to be the latest and greatest. The kapok was so fine and dusty that it would make your throat itch for hours. Every time you opened one of those bags the coughing and itching would start all over again. My brother and I would get into a fight over who would end up blowing up the air mattresses. But Dad would make me do it because my brother would get puffy irritated eyes (hay fever type irritation) when he got too close to that blessed stuff.
Larry J >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/04/02 11:24AM >>> Hi Rick, Kapok is also used as a parachute post, or cut up and dyed, as dubbing. If you're interested you may try florists, because the stuff is sometimes used as decoration in dried flower pieces. I used it for my Klinkhammer posts, but gave it up in favor of Aero Dry Wing. If you want to try your hand at it I may be able to send you some. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Fiber from the Kapok Tree (tropical). Used to be used >in PFD's I think. > >================================================================ >Deze e-mail is door E-mail VirusScanner van Planet Internet gecontroleerd op virussen. >Op http://www.planet.nl/evs staat een verwijzing naar de actuele lijst waar op wordt gecontroleerd. > > > > >
