#composites, #textiles, #naturalfibers, #bioresins, #historyofcomposites I read a really good book this last week about the history of textiles.  The title of the book is “The Fabric of Civilization, How Textiles Made the World” by Virginia Postrel.  This book is a number one bestseller that my wife bought for all of us in the family to read.  It was recommended by John and Hank Green, the Vlog Brothers who also are the creators of the Crash Course series of educational YouTu

#racingsailboats, #sustainability, #naturalfiber, #flaxfiber, #bamboofiber, #bioresins I saw an article in Composites World this week about a flax fiber boat manufacturer I wrote about two and a half years ago – Greenboats – that has been building recreational sailboat hulls since about 2020 using flax fiber.  They source their flax of course from France which grows more of this stuff than any other country in Europe.  Anyway, the article is about a strategic partnership betw

#composites, #sustainability, #energyefficiency, #renewableenergy, #fibers, #resins Since this is supposed to be a “newsletter” I thought I would collect some tidbits of news on the composites sustainability front that have come across my feed in the last couple of weeks.  I did want to get a couple of state of the art posts done, so the last two weeks I haven’t been keeping everyone up with the latest news.  And there has been some news to keep up with, especially in the rec

#composites, #sustainability, #plantbased, #biocomposites, #fibers, #resins Article reposted from www.nedpatton.com I saw a brief snippet...

#composites, #sustainability, #biocmoposites, #lactate, #plantfibers, #bioresins A really interesting article popped up in a feed that I...

#composites, #sustainability, #plantbased, #mushroomfiber, #pineapplefiber, #bananafiber, #seaweed My wife sent me a SciShow link this...

#composites, #sustainability, #biocomposites, #plantbased, #fibers, #resins You heard me right, both of the major transport aircraft...

#composites, #sustainability, #carbonfiber, #cellulose, #lignin, #plantbased Last week I focused on the up and coming composite resins...

#composites, #sustainability, #plantbased, #rbioresin, #resins One of the things that I wrote about in the book that I have coming out is...

#composites, #sustainability, #cellulose, #plastic, #biodegradable, #microplastics, #ocean I came across a really interesting article in...

#composites, #sustainability, #energyefficiency, #renewableenergy, #fibermanufacture, #resinmanufacture This week I thought I would touch...

#composites, #sustainability, #thermoplastics, #recycledfibers, #recycledresin I saw an article in Composites World this week that I...

#composites, #sustainability, #biocomposite, #naturalfibers, #plantbasedresins, #plantbased I have written about biocomposites, plant...

#composites, #vinylgroup, #styrene, #acrylics, #polyvinylchloride, #resins This week I’m going to finish the polyester/epoxy resin part...

#composites, #foreverchemicals, #toxicity, #carbonfiber, #petroleumbased As promised from last week, this is part 1 of a multi-part...

#composites, #musicalinstruments, #guitars, #sustainability, #biobased, #naturalfiber Over the holiday break I picked my guitar back up...

#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #biobased, #naturalfiber, #plantbased First I want to wish everyone a great holiday. ...

#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #biobased, #naturalfiber, #plantbased I saw another article in Composites World about a...

#composites, #sustainability, #precisionfermentation, #biobased, #plantbased Ever since I was introduced to this topic I have been...

#composites, #precisionfermentation, #sustainability, #epoxy, #fibers, #resins, #biobased I was introduced to a really interesting...