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corn based fibers?
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Tbones
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Posted: August 28, 2008 9:09 PM
Has anyone ever used carpet with corn based fibers? If so, would you recommend it?
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Smokey88
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Posted: September 8, 2008 5:32 PM
RE: corn based fibers?
I’ve never tried it, but I’ve read that corn based fibers start with corn that is cooked and ground into corn starch which then is converted into a sugar. A chemical reaction turns the sugar into plastic which is formed into fibers about the thickness of human hair. This is used to make the carpet.
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Apimentel
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Posted: September 11, 2008 11:21 PM
RE: corn based fibers?
I would recommend it for its environmental friendliness. It’s a renewable resource and it’s biodegradable. They can spray a product on it that can cause it to decompose quickly.
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