> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Follett
> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 3:56 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Checkerplate steel
>
>
> In a message dated 2/4/00 10:09:31 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> > Diamond Plate is what we always called it-
> >  "herringbone pattern" could well catch you a beating, in my opinion.
>
> So, another word question of the day, what is "visquene" (SP)?


Polyethylene sheeting, 6 mil is best.  But it's slipperier than tractor
tread plate, to say nothing of less durable.  Not much of an industrial
connotation, either.  Why would you want visqueen on the bed of your pickup
truck?
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