Hey Community!
I'm excited to share that I'm working on a project to create fabric from seaweed! It involves using alginate, a wonderful natural polymer found in seaweed. Right now, I'm in the process of spinning the fibers together, and I've had great success overall! However, there's one challenge I'm facing: unfortunately, the fibers aren't water-resistant. Alginate tends to absorb a lot of water, and some of the other plasticizers I'm using, like PLC and Gelatin, do too. I would love to hear if anyone has suggestions on how to make these biomaterials water-resistant. Maybe there's something we can learn from mushroom leather?
Thanks for any information that you can provide me! I am also wondering if anyone knows about PLA plastics.
All my best!
