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OfflineSharpstuff


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LC lid questions
    #14471838 - 05/18/11 05:44 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Could my friend use cotton balls instead of polyfill for the gas exchance hole?


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Re: LC lid questions [Re: Sharpstuff]
    #14471933 - 05/18/11 06:50 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

No, get polyfil. :thumbup:


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Re: LC lid questions [Re: Doc_T]
    #14472096 - 05/18/11 08:13 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

To elaborate some on why -

Aside from cotton being an organic plant material (which can be grown on and eaten by mold,) cotton absorbs water readily and easily.  This is great for wicking away sweat from your feet (socks) or drying off after a shower, but horrible for a filter.  Best case, wet filters can't allow gas to pass through, and worst case, they may allow contaminants to wick their way through the filter.

Polyester (polyethylene terephthalate) is water resistant.  It dries out quickly, and is far less biodegradable than cotton (worse for environment, but good for filtering.)


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Re: LC lid questions [Re: Sillicybin]
    #14472102 - 05/18/11 08:17 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

wasn't a thread like this made about 2 days ago asking the same thing regarding cotton -VS- poly.


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