Starlite flameproof plastic?

Try this website I found, you don't have to read all of it but just scan it for key points and make sure to read the last paragraph

Here's the link: What happened to `starlite', a material with seemingly mir aculous heat-resisting properties invented by a former hairdresser and made from the chemicals and potions he had at work? Did the inventor persuade a nyone to back him? | Notes and Queries | guardian.co.uk