By literally stretching materials science to the limit, Gore invented GORE-TEX, a lightweight, waterproof fabric made from the expanded form of the polymer PTFE.
@freagle Fair enough. I used elixir strings when I was in high school. Eventually I decided paying double for a special coating was not worth it. Sounds like now in hind-sight that was a good decision.
I’m not sure why you have downvotes. I found this out a few years back and was also disappointed for the same reason. I believe PFAS are also found in some backcountry ski skin waxes which was even more disappointing to me.
@freagle Thanks for all that info. I hadn’t really thought much about it. The EPA pages have a lot of info.
So you’re disappointed that your favorite guitar strings are made with a coating that likely has bad health and environmental effects?
Upset my favorite hiking boot material, which I use to aid in my appreciation of the natural world, permanently harms the world I’m appreciating
@freagle Fair enough. I used elixir strings when I was in high school. Eventually I decided paying double for a special coating was not worth it. Sounds like now in hind-sight that was a good decision.
I’m not sure why you have downvotes. I found this out a few years back and was also disappointed for the same reason. I believe PFAS are also found in some backcountry ski skin waxes which was even more disappointing to me.