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My husband works with textile products made from plastic, particularly color development for fibers from polypropylene and nylon. I asked him if I could show you a few of his pictures from work for the “plastic” photo hunt theme.
These are plastic color pellets that go into the fiber production (just as a clarification: these pellets just add the color. I don’t have a picture of what the plastic that the fiber comes from looks like):
Here are a few different color palettes of fiber samples:
And here is one finished carpet sample:
49 Comments
September 14, 2007 at 9:16 pm
Interesting. Thanks for sharing.
p/s: the carpet is beautiful.
September 14, 2007 at 9:29 pm
This is pretty informative. I have never seen the plastic colour pellets. Thanks for sharing. Have fun!
September 14, 2007 at 9:30 pm
OH WOW> that is super interesting!
Where can you buy this stuff?
Great photos!
September 14, 2007 at 9:35 pm
Very interesting, Barbara – and unique, too. Pollywog Creek’s Plastic PhotoHunt
September 14, 2007 at 9:45 pm
Wow, colors and a lesson all in one. Very interesting. Thank you for that!
September 14, 2007 at 9:59 pm
That’s interesting! Thanks for sharing those facts and photos
Have a great weekend.
September 14, 2007 at 10:17 pm
Hey, that was cool… thank your husband for letting us see those pics… neat!
September 14, 2007 at 10:25 pm
I have seen you at other blogs and now here I am at yours!! I need to bookmark it. I want to visit you again…. you have a great pictures of the pellets! How neat…
September 14, 2007 at 10:27 pm
Well that was educational…Happy hunting!
September 14, 2007 at 10:28 pm
Wow, that is really amazing!!
September 14, 2007 at 10:31 pm
Very cool! Never seen that before!
September 14, 2007 at 10:33 pm
Wait, the carpet has plastic in it? seriously? You did awesome with the photos! My photo is up please come and visit soon
September 14, 2007 at 10:36 pm
Informative entry! WOW! Thanks for sharing:)
Mines up too!
September 14, 2007 at 10:41 pm
Wow, that is really interesting. I just learned something!
Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend.
September 14, 2007 at 11:03 pm
Wow! Thats kind cool.
September 15, 2007 at 12:01 am
That’s pretty interesting! It’s easy to forget how many textiles are made of plastic sometimes.
Have a great weekend!
September 15, 2007 at 12:02 am
That is really neat! I never would have known plastic was apart of that! Great pics!
September 15, 2007 at 12:29 am
Very cool. Amazing what things have plastic in them without realizing it.
September 15, 2007 at 12:29 am
wow…that’s just gorgeous!
September 15, 2007 at 12:31 am
Super entry for this week’s theme – I love the way it tells a story.
September 15, 2007 at 12:35 am
They are very interesting, thanks for getting him to share.
September 15, 2007 at 12:58 am
This is both interesting and educational, Barbara! Thanks for sharing. One of the best you’ve shown here.
September 15, 2007 at 1:15 am
Wow, very interesting. Love the color palettes. Happy weekend!
September 15, 2007 at 1:35 am
Very interesting! I just saw somewhere that Mohawk carpet was one of the biggest recyclers of plastic water bottles.
I am collecting comments about city wildlife for my third graders. I hope you can stop by!
September 15, 2007 at 1:43 am
Wow
I never know they even use plastic in textile
September 15, 2007 at 2:15 am
wow, that is so original. lovely photos and thanks for the great info.
September 15, 2007 at 2:20 am
Man, I would love to have that carpet in my house!
September 15, 2007 at 2:26 am
Those are interesting photos. I love the colors too.
Have a great weekend!
September 15, 2007 at 3:46 am
wow! very interesting and great post!
thanks for sharing
September 15, 2007 at 5:15 am
Very interesting choice for the theme, love your pictures and the colors.
Happy weekend
September 15, 2007 at 5:39 am
What a fascinating post. It’s amazing to think that the fibres came from plastic pellets. Have a great weekend
September 15, 2007 at 7:33 am
FABULOUS set of photos for us Barbara!!!
September 15, 2007 at 7:40 am
Wow that is very interesting. Thanks for sharing!
September 15, 2007 at 9:50 am
Very interesting – thanks for sharing. I´ve learnt a lot.
Happy Hunting!
September 15, 2007 at 9:51 am
Very cool!
Thanks for sharing those photos and the information. Amazing that those pellets eventually become carpet!
My plastic Photo Hunt.
September 15, 2007 at 9:52 am
Very cool!
Thanks for sharing those photos and the information. Amazing that those pellets eventually become carpet!
September 15, 2007 at 10:54 am
This is a great post. It’s great to see something unusual
September 15, 2007 at 1:13 pm
very neat photos. Check my entry too if u have time. TC
September 15, 2007 at 2:04 pm
Very informative, thanks for teaching me something.
September 15, 2007 at 2:21 pm
Hi Barbara. I love those colored pellets. They remind me of Dippin Dots, pellet-like premium ice-cream.
That’s a lovely carpet desing.
Thanks for visiting.
September 15, 2007 at 4:48 pm
I love dippin dots, they are tasty. That is what I thought of as well with the first image.
September 15, 2007 at 5:33 pm
those are great pics and so informative as well! happy weekend
September 15, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Wow. Thanks for sharing those. It’s very interesting to see what all goes into the finished product.
September 15, 2007 at 7:23 pm
Very interesting lesson — who would’ve thought we would learn so much from photos? great entry for this theme.
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September 15, 2007 at 8:38 pm
Great photos and interesting.
September 15, 2007 at 9:04 pm
Thanks for a different slant on the theme!
September 16, 2007 at 11:27 am
Great choices and photos for this week’s theme!
August 16, 2008 at 11:16 am
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November 14, 2008 at 3:16 pm
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