Date: Wed, 03 Dec 1997 10:21:08 +0100
From: Stefano Moretti <S.Moretti@agora.stm.it>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: Re: Light weight covering options
Todd Schlemmer wrote:
>
> Tyvek is not woven, has no bias, and doesn't have the same "hand" as a woven
> fabric. I think fitting it around the complex shapes of a baidarka would
> necessitate a lot of gores and cut and fit seamwork.
>
> Does anyone know what it is really made of?
As far as I know it is made of strands of poliester in a wood pulp
matrix. Read it somewhere but cannot remember where...