Dave Kruger wrote: >BTW, in my Diaplex search, I discovered that Goretex has *other* uses: >seat covers, sheets for bedwetters, and other uses you *do not* want to >know about in the ... ahem ... reconstructive surgery arena. The water purifying industry was researching it as a water filter medium several years, back, also. Dunno if anything ever came of that use. Water can be forced through it, it's just a matter of how much pressure is required to do the trick. It could make for fairly inexpensive water filters a-la Katadyn, MSR, PUR, etc... Hank Hays *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Mar 17 1999 - 21:13:24 PST
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