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that's true, recycled denim makes for great insulation apparently https://www.homedepot.com/p/UltraTouch-16-in-x-48-in-Denim-Insulation-Multi-Purpose-Roll-60301
by jxramos 9y ago
that's true, recycled denim makes for great insulation apparently
https://www.homedepot.com/p/UltraTouch-16-in-x-48-in-Denim-Insulation-Multi-Purpose-Roll-60301-16482/202709974 https://www.homedepot.com/p/UltraTouch-16-in-x-48-in-Denim-I...
I think a lot of the fill in punching bags is some sort of garbled/blended fabrics of some mixed variety.
- privacypoller 9y agoplus all those sketchy stuffed animals, when they run out of oily rags and newspaper!
- fencepost 9y ago(regarding the denim sound insulation and fire) Maybe, but there's a pretty good chance it's treated with flame retardants before use, and cotton fabric generally doesn't really burn that well - or at least not fast. There's a reason people working with hot glass wear long cotton shirts/pants for it.
- jxramos 9y agoI had a chemistry professor mention to the class she always travels with natural fabrics, cotton and the like, whenever she's onboard a flight. She mentioned something along the lines of it increases your chances of survival if ever there's a fire because synthetics melt and stick to your skin and burn like crazy.
- ben1040 9y agoI took some glassblowing classes and the first day safety lecture included a bit about this. Eye protection, closed toe shoes, and cotton clothes, precisely for this reason. Especially when we were first learning, it was easier than you might think to spill or splash 2000F liquid glass on the ground when gathering it out of the crucible, and that'd turn synthetic clothes into napalm.
- gowld 9y agoThat's an ... interesting failure of statistical thinking. Fire in the cabin is by far less risky than many other potential harms he encounters en route to the airport.
- brewdad 9y agoAssuming your clothes fit properly, your choice of clothing will have little effect on your chances of surviving your journey to the airport. However, clothing that might help you survive a plane crash will likely have the same benefit in a car crash.
- jxramos 9y agoI used the term fire loosely, it was basically a plane crash and subsequent fire, an inferno in other words not a small camp fire around the center aisle seat.
- srinivasan 9y agoThe North Beach branch of the San Francisco Public Library actually uses denim as insulating material within their walls. http://sfpublicworks.org/project/north-beach-branch-library http://sfpublicworks.org/project/north-beach-branch-library
- jxramos 9y ago"...and 11,350 square feet of insulation made from recycled denim, equating to approximately 4,500 pairs of jeans." That's a lot of jeans!
- cjensen 9y agoIt's kinda important to build with less flamable materials whenever possible.
- jrowley 9y agoI imagine it was sprayed with a flame retardant?
- astura 9y agoFabrics used for insulation are treated with flame retardant.
- rrauenza 9y agoPeople also insulate with cellulose -- ground up newspaper. It is treated with boron to make it flame retardant.
- jxramos 9y agoI remember this dude putting a bunch of materials to the test with a direct blowtorch flame. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NC79e0oztM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NC79e0oztM. I was hoping he had a demo of denim; it's mentioned in the video description, but skimming the video I couldn't locate it in a reasonable time. You can look at his demo on treated cellulose around 1:48
- WalterBright 9y agoOld clothes make excellent raw material for the production of shop rags. They can also be used to make high quality paper.