atyh on Nostr: semi pliable. im digging into research done by the Japanese (of course) into ...

semi pliable. im digging into research done by the Japanese (of course) into fermented tannin rich fruit being used as a cloth treatment. Cotton canvas was particularly responsive. There is an old tradition of soaking cloth in fermented persimmon juice in Japan. The fermentation of the sugars in the tannin rich fruit also created a naturally occurring polymerization layer making it water resistant. The Indians do something similar in the construction of cob/lime walls. The tannin/fermenting sugars seem to do something interesting