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January 27, 2021

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January 19, 2021

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How water resistant is Malai ? . Malai is entirel

How water resistant is Malai ?
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Malai is entirely natural material with a lot of cellulose in its composition. It can be challenging to keep cellulose away from moisture because it simply happens to love it!

Much like wood, paper or plant fibre textiles that are also composed predominantly of cellulose Malai is sensitive to moisture. That doesn’t mean it will disintegrate in water, no worries.
What we mean by saying this is that you should take time to regularly impregnate the material to ensure it will last you in good condition for as long as possible.

U can use any commercially available product intended for impregnation of leather.
If you want to make sure you use natural products - go for carnauba wax or blends of natural waxes which work really well.

Do you have any question regarding properties of Malai?
Don’t hesitate to ask us!
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How can you take care of your Malai products?
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Malai is an entirely natural material made without addition of any petroleum-based products.
As such it remains compostable - even in a home compost and chemical free.

Just like any other material it can get dirty or abraded over the time. But hey! No panic :-) We’ll show you how you can quickly fix the problem and ensure your material stays in great condition for as long as Mother Nature intended.

If the surface of the material gets dusty, mouldy or something spills on it - prepare a soft cloth and a bit of alcohol. Hand sanitiser will work as well in case you don’t have any other cleaning product. Gently wipe the affected area and let it dry. Moisturise with wax or oil.

Over the time or when subjected to a harsh treatment the surface of the material can abrade. This happens on the areas of Malai that come in regular contact with rough surface. There is an easy way how to fix this though! Clean the affected area first and then prepare a solution of a water based glue and water ( 3:1). Alternatively you can use natural gum diluted with a bit of water ( tragacanth gum or arabic gum will work well). Apply this in several layers on the surface of the material. Let dry in between of each layer. Once the surface is dry and compact apply wax, oil or any other kind of product intended for impregnation.
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Do you have any further questions about the properties of our materials?
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How can you make something with Malai ? 🌴 Whet

How can you make something with Malai ?
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Whether you are a beginner enthusiast looking forward to start making your own products or a weathered craftsman with tons of experience under your wings - you can definitely find ways to to adopt Malai and turn it into beautiful products.
Because working with Malai is pretty easy once you understand what it can and cannot do.
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Cutting malai is straight forward provided you have sharp tools - be it scalpel, scissors, die-cutting or laser cutting.
Once you have your pattern cut out you can join the pieces using hand sewing techniques or machine sewing. Don’t forget to pre-punch the holes in case you’re sewing by hand. 500 gsm Malai may be possible to sew even with a home sewing machine however we do recommend using an industrial sewing machine for heavy materials for more professional result.
Lastly - for better durability of the products you can protect the edges. This can be done is several ways - you can use a lacquer, wax, polymeric product or water based glue. In our video we are demonstrating using a wax polished by a slicker tool. The finish is lovely!

Happy making!
If you are interested to try Malai out do order your sample pack.

Do you have any further questions about the properties of our materials?
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How is Malai’s temper? 🌴 And by temper we do

How is Malai’s temper?
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And by temper we don’t mean to ask about the characteristics of our material’s personality.
Temper is a term used in leather industry to describe pliability and softness of leather.

Leather can have a soft, semi-soft, semi-stiff and stiff temper. Each of these are used for different kinds of applications within the industry.

The temper of Malai bio composite ranges from semi-stiff to stiff depending on the gsm of the material.

It usually holds shape quite well and however it’s quite easy to bend it it will not create a crisp folded edge like paper.

Do you have any further questions about the properties of our materials?
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How strong is strong enough? . We often get aske

How strong is strong enough?
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We often get asked how strong our materials are and it’s not always easy to answer this questions as there can be differences depending on material’s gsm, method of measuring and batch.
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There are different types of mechanical strengths that can be measured in a material : tensile, compression, shear , tear strength to name a few examples .
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For applications such as bags and accessories two types of strengths are important : tensile and tear strength. These define how much a material can stretch under a certain load and how easy it is to tear using a certain force.
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Malai is made without use of any textile backing and therefore it only relies on the bonds in the material for its strength.
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500 gsm is strong enough for most of the applications that don’t require high load. Whereas it will be strong enough to make pouches and wallets, it might not be strong enough for making footwear therefore we recommend backing is attached to it.
It is not impossible to tear Malai, especially when an incision is already there. Without an incision Malai proves to be fairly resistant to tear even without backing.
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Do you have any further questions about the properties of our materials?
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A tip from us to celebrate today’s World Environ

A tip from us to celebrate today’s World Environment Day with some proper dose of deep thoughts.
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For those of you who haven’t had a chance to explore the seminars of The Long Now Foundation- please do so.
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The Long Now Foundation's monthly Seminars were started in 02003 to build a compelling body of ideas about long-term thinking; to help nudge civilization toward our goal of making long-term thinking automatic and common instead of difficult and rare.
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The Long Now is a membership based community but you can also listen to hundreds of the podcast available online.
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For start we recommend the one by Peter Leyden talking about possible scenarios of our future on Earth.
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Happy listening coconut lovers 🌴🌴🌴
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#thelongnowfoundation #podcast #worldenvironmentday #foodforthought

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