Comments on: Arts and Crafts for Recycled Tyvek

By: domestika

domestika — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:18:40 +0000

Thanks for the useful links, Jeff!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:05:27 +0000

Re: cmkriat question about toxicity of Tyvek. Dupont has a spec sheet for Tyvek on their site. You can also find the material safety data sheets for Tyvek on a number of sites. Here’s a link for the the Google results. material + safety + data + sheet + Tyvek

There are some children’s books that use Tyvek to keep little ones from inflicting there curiousity on them.
http://www.yourbabycanread.com/your-baby-read-liftaflap-word-picture-books-p-338.html

Hope that helps.

By: domestika

domestika — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:19:12 +0000

@Logcabincook, so sorry that your comment got lost in the site switch. I really like the patio furniture cover idea!

@cmkriat, haven’t read anything on this - but most products have a material safety data sheet registered for them, which should be possible to track down through the manufacturer. Matter of fact, your baby book idea is such an interesting one… think I’ll see what I can find out.

@Dorothy, I don’t think I’ve ever come across ‘Flair Squares’ - but you made me curious! Seems they’re actually made of Tyvek? (Kooky Kitsch has a few.) I just found that YouTube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKUb0NKSJc4) - what a riot! Nothing looks quite as goofy as a 1979 television ad in 2008!

By: Dorothy

Dorothy — Sun, 04 May 2008 22:39:03 +0000

I found some retro ‘Flair Squares’ at Value Village last night; 4 packages, 15 to a package, and they are made of Tyvek.

You can see a Flair Squares video on YouTube that is a crackup…

I’m taking college classes right now and don’t have time to play the way I’d want to, but by summer, my daughter and I will be crafting w/these. I am envisioning book covers, makeup bags, shopping bags…

these suckers have adhesive on them—are meant to ‘dip, apply, rub smooth’.
So, might adhere to a second layer of plain Tyvek. They are a green floral, but not the glaring design on YouTube.

By: cmkriat

cmkriat — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:20:36 +0000

I was just wondering if anyone has seen any information on the toxicity of Tyvek. My 9 month old chews chunks out of his board books and vinyl isn’t very safe for a baby to chew on. I got the idea when I got a package in a Tyvek envelope and he was chewing on it while I opened mail and the envelope didn’t disintegrate. I just don’t know if Tyvek leaches any harmful chemicals. If not, it might make a good paper substitute for books for teething babies/toddlers.

By: Logcabincook

Logcabincook — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:00:40 +0000

I found three recycled rolls of Tyvek house wrap that we are using in our remodel. But I am sure I will have plenty left over to make a patio furniture cover for our new teak set. Never having made anything with my new sewing machine, this will hopefully be an easy project. Twice recycled is twice as nice!

By: domestika

domestika — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:30:41 +0000

I can imagine that a busy bead-maker like you must have a constant supply of mailing envelopes, Lavender! To ‘reuse’ them is obviously the first choice, since it’s hard to ‘reduce’ the number coming in, but you probably find like I do that there are always some left over… and isn’t it fun to see the clever recycled craft ideas out there?

By: Lavender

Lavender — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:34:52 +0000

What great idea, and here Id just been stuffing them in a box and re-using them as mailers! Im sitting on a goldmine LOL! Thanks for the inspiration, I really hadnt thought of any of these uses for them, Bravo!