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Lexington, Ky

Up until this year, I have had white mill fabric that came from a paper mill (used). This year, I have some of the blackish/grey fabric (new). The white stuff was very flexible and a little on the soft side, perhaps because it has been used. This new black stuff is very rigid, jagged and sharp, I don't care for it too much. Is the red fabric any different? Anyone know a source for the used white material?

7/21/2014 1:35:16 PM

Springfield, VT

I also have two different types and believe one was from a paper mill (thick white with brown stripe), the other from a sewage plant belt filter press (thin blue with red stripe). It is a lot easier to work with the thinner blue one.

7/21/2014 4:53:03 PM

Upa Creek, MO

I have the red and it is very tough and rigid. It's also difficult to cut which is one reason I like it... keeps the mice from coming up.

7/21/2014 6:06:21 PM

Sloughhouse

Im in northern ca and trying to figure out how to get this mill fabric everyone posts about. Very expensive to ship from east coast. What exactly is it? Sorry to sound like a rookie but i am.

7/21/2014 11:36:34 PM

Antwerp, Belgium

What product of a mill are you talking about? I'm Flemish so I don't understand everything and translations on the internet give quite absurd results....

7/23/2014 7:14:35 AM

The North Coast

It is industrial conveyor belt material made from very strong plastic fibers. It is nearly indestructible. The belts are used in a belt press to separate liquids and solids from slurry materials. As the slurry gets discharged onto a lower conveyor belt it gets pressed by a second belt located on top. As the slurry runs down the line the two belts get closer together thus extracting the liquid. At the end of the line the liquid has drained out and the solids can then be processed. Cheers.

7/23/2014 8:18:14 AM

Antwerp, Belgium

Because I didn't have any styrofoam or mill fabric, I did this :

I've put about 2 inch of fine white sand on top of a piece
of plastic in which I made a lot of fine holes.

Because the pumpkin lays on grass, the plastic can afterwards easily be moved over the grass without touching the pumpkin.

7/23/2014 10:40:06 AM