PLASTIC GOES TO SEA
A recent use of plastics has been for the decks of ships, hitherto made of oak, spotlessly clean and scrubbed. In the ships of tomorrow we shall find plastic decks made of coarse vegetable fibres, such as those of the coconut or the pineapple, bound into a web with rayon fibres.
This shaped mass is dipped into a thick plaster syrup and converted into solid planks under heat and great pressure. The planks, fireproof and practically indestructible, have a polished finish, and are then bolted to the deck plates. „
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 75, 20 January 1947, Page 4
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93PLASTIC GOES TO SEA Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 75, 20 January 1947, Page 4
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