[Ansteorra-archery] Foam for side wraps

[Danny Miller]

Huh, you know oddly enough I was at the craft store just an hour ago and 
saw the same thing on the labels of half those craft sheets, it says 
"EVA" specifically.  It's weird, I mean I looked at it and it definitely 
doesn't show the characteristics of EVA.  Not only is it stiff but if 
you compress it with your fingers it stays for a minute and that's 
generally a characteristic of a non-EVA foam.

AFAIK EVA has no meaning in the foam world except for crosslinked PE, so 
all EVA is crosslinked PE.

Oznog

Eadric Anstapa wrote:
> Oznog,
>
> The crafts industry and the manufacturers of these foams are calling 
> them EVA foams.  They are not calling them PE foams and not EVA/PE 
> copolymers.  They literature does not say that they are crosslinked 
> (but they certainly might be).    
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethylene_vinyl_acetate
>
> Both the Darice brand and the Creative-Hands/Fibre-Craft/CraftsEtc 
> brand  outlined in my post are advertising their products as  EVA foam
> http://www.craftsetc.com/store/item.aspx?ItemId=32914
> http://www.darice.com/ecom/ProductDetails.aspx?&oid=50147# 
> <http://www.darice.com/ecom/ProductDetails.aspx?&oid=50147#>
>
> So since the industry, manufacturers, catalogs,  and stores are 
> calling it EVA foam I hope it doesn't bother you too much if I do the 
> same.
>
> -EA
>
> Danny Miller wrote:
>> This is not EVA foam.  In fact it's pretty much the opposite of EVA.
>>
>> It's crosslinked PE.  EVA is a softening agent added to crosslinked 
>> PE to make it considerably softer, often almost skin-like.  This 
>> stuff is stiff and fairly high density crosslinked PE.
>>
>> Oznog
>
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