Honestly, Tvyek is pretty miraculous. It’s permeable to water vapor but not to water, it’s nearly impossible to tear, but can be easily cut. It’s cheap and made entirely without binding chemicals. In addition to being used for wristbands, it’s used to wrap construction sites to keep out water during construction, for tear-resistant envelopes at Fed-Ex, coveralls for mechanics, and my wallet, actually.
Fun tip, though it looks like paper, Tyvek is plastic, and cannot be recycled with paper.
holy fuc
I didn’t even know it had a name
WHAT
Its also very commonly used in museums! It is dust and waterproof but still breathes really well, with is great for wrapping things like textiles, its non-woven, which means it is less likely to cause tension issues from shrinking/growing with humidity, my conservation prof uses it sometimes as backing for paintings with tears. It is durable, and inert (ph neutral, wont have weird chemical reactions with stuff). Very cool material.
