New Waterproofing Tech'

[Cheeky Monkey]

On the BBC:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25004942

Sounds like it's a way off getting to our tarps but interesting ( ) nevertheless.

[Zippy]

Looks interesting.

Might be restricted to tarps though - clothes wise we really need them to breath -

[Cheeky Monkey]

From reading it sounds like this is a physical treatment / alteration to the material, something that would improve the DWR of stuff. As wetting out seems to be a big problem stopping breathable fabrics working it sounds like this could be an improvement.

I'm no though so just wondering

[Zippy]

From reading it sounds like this is a physical treatment / alteration to the material, something that would improve the DWR of stuff. As wetting out seems to be a big problem stopping breathable fabrics working it sounds like this could be an improvement.

I'm no though so just wondering

If it's uni-directional and hard wearing, this will be good - but that's what they've got to work out I guess. I might see if I can get hold of some academic papers I don't really know much about materials technology and wish I did, it's difficult to read through all the marketing bumf by gore-tex and others

[Cheeky Monkey]

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/scie ... 3112181334