Strange fish-scale plastic needed

Sounds like an angled - bristle brush to me.

--Winston

Look at who makes clothes brushes for removing "pilling". I think some of these if not all are uni-directional. The pads look to be plastic & cloth like glued to a plastic handle.

My mom's cross-country skis had sealskin strips for going up hill.

Might work.

No-wax X-C skis have surfaces somewhat like this, but the scales are solid like a ratchet.

This sounds a little like the gadgets made for removing lint from clothes. They have little loops, like nylon monofilament line, and they all lie in one direction.

When you push this "brush" in one direction, it digs into fabric a bit and picks up lint. When you push it in the other direction, it just slides over.

You can find them in your supermarket or thread shop, for around $3 each. The material may be something that's commercially available in quantities.

-- Ed Huntress

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On Sat, 8 Nov 2008 15:03:11 -0500, the infamous "Buerste" scrawled the following:

You wear gauze and drive a brush? Man, you Oh Aitch 10ers sure are funny critters. Well, the lezes, anyway.

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That material is common on the bottom of cross country skis. Perhaps that will help you ?

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On Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:35:17 -0800, the infamous Winston scrawled the following:

You and Tawm are a matched pair? Whoda thunk it? I'll be gentle.

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Ewww! I don't swing that way, buster.

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