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Old 06-06-2002, 09:34 PM   #16
Ginseng
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Oh man, speaking of rubber, the latex rubber vs. urethane argument doesn't stop with suspension bushings. There's a company that makes a condom out of urethane instead of latex. The third kind of condom (marketed as natural membrane) being made of the lining of a sheep's intestine. Ugh, who'd wanna put that on their what to stick it where? The supposed benefits of the urethane are 1) better heat transfer, so it feels warm instead of clammy and 2) correct frictional characteristics in terms of stick-slip static versus dynamic coefficients of friction, so it feels more like skin on skin. Urethane is also much tougher than condom-grade latex rubber. Unfortunately, the first attempts at this idea didn't do too well because the urethane was not as elastic, snug. Thus it tended to flop about and come loose. Yikes!

Don't ask me how I know this. I read it somewhere is all I'll admit to.

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WOW!!!! You know a lot about rubbers!
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