Melissa Reese writes: > John Fereira wrote: > > >>At 10:38 AM 8/9/00 -0700, Melissa Reese wrote: > > <snip> > >Speaking of stinky paddling clothes. I just read recently about some new > >polypro from Helly Hanson that is made of a material which kills the > >bacteria which causes it to smell. Has anyone tried it? On their web site, they say its been around since 1975 (their Lifa line), but then mention it the yarn used being new. perhaps the bacteria resistent yarn is a new modification of the old fabric? > <snip> > By the way, does this new polypro need to have it's anti-bacterial agent > replenished from time to time - or is it somehow really "built in" to the > material? It appears that its part of the fabric. See: http://www.hellyhansen.com/product/lifa/welcome.html and select introduction. Warning, this site is graphics intensive. There's also a .pdf file you can download about Lifa fabric. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- snark_at_tulgey.org aka Glen Acord http://www.tulgey.org/~snark if ($snark eq "boojum") {vanish("softly","suddenly")} *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Aug 09 2000 - 15:03:18 PDT
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