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Tyvek
- To: Multiple recipients of list BOOK_ARTS-L <BOOK_ARTS-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Tyvek
- From: Pamela Rups <RUPS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 07:48:50 EST
- Message-id: <199604221239.IAA24105@listserv.syr.edu>
- Organization: Western Michigan University
- Sender: "The Book Arts: binding, typography, collecting" <BOOK_ARTS-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Dorothy Africa wrote about Tyvek:
>If you live in a recently constructed house this may be an unsettling
>thought since the building trades seem to use it for insulation these
>days.
Actually, it's used as a vapor barrier, which probably has implications
for it's use in conservation.
As to why it's so special compared to paper--it doesn't tear! Now
that's attractive in many ways, especially for things like hinges.
Pam
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Pamela Rups
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Western Michigan University
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