On Tue, 17 Oct 1995, Andrew Stodden wrote:

Hey! When did she get the job? I never even got to send in my resume <sniff>.

I sent him some mail.

*shrug*

He liked what I had to say.

You both know, of course that 'Starlite' is the product of a small british
inventor, who has yet to decide if it is worth selling. also, this means
that it has not been tested, and any claims for it are 'unconfirmed' at
best. Actually, one confirmed test subjected a section of the hardened
product to an arc heater, with only some scorching (layering of carbon on
the surface by burning 'air') as a result, so in all probability it is
extremely heat resitent, however, no sheer/tension/compression strentgh
data has been released, so properties in that area remain 'unconfirmed'.

This British inventor also happens to be a hairdresser.  As to the 
testing of the substance, Starlite has been tested by many people.  
British Inteligence, NASA, the American DOD, as well as several 
independant laboratories.  No one knows quite how it works, but it works 
as well being sprayed in a stream of particles to cover a fire as it does 
as a solid piece.  Governmemnt tests have place the substance into an 
atomic furnace with little scorching and it remaining cool throughout.

As for the hardness, the only confirmed test was on a carbon fibre 
backing and the carbon fibre is what they believe provided the strength, 
although the substance was harder than the theory stated it should be.

Ichinohei Hitomi
Hitomi@escape.ca