At home
Felt is applied to the soles of indoor slippers. It can be found on the bottom of the legs of your dining table. Decorative felt is placed under your telephone and flower vases. Your air conditioner and vacuum cleaner use thin pieces of felt as filters. And, of course, there are felt hand-crafted goods, too. |
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At school
Green felt is applied to bulletin boards. When you practice gymnastics, the vaulting horse you use has a shock-absorbent layer of felt on top. It is inside baseball gloves and tennis balls. A black or green felt mat is placed under your paper when you practice penmanship.
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At work
Magic markers and highlighter pens are filled with felt absorbers to transfer the ink. Black or red ink pads have felt in them. Numbering machines use felt impregnated with black ink. A sheet of green or gray felt is placed between the surface of your desk and the plate of glass placed on top of it. A felt sheet is also placed under the carpet. |
On the street corner
There are signs that felt skirts popular in the 70's are making a comeback. Because of its connection with folklore style, felt's qualities are gaining greater acceptance in the fashion world. |
In your car
Felt is applied under the dashboard as a shock-absorber. It is also used
in the seats and roof, and as a shock-absorber for the electric windows
and fuel tank. Thin pieces of felt are used in the air filter of the carburetor.
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At the hospital
Clinical records and prescriptions are put in a capsule and transferred through a tube at high-speed. A felt ring is wrapped around this capsule to improve its sliding properties. Beds, surgical tables, and artificial limbs use felt as shock-absorbers. At the dentist, rigid felt is used to polish teeth. |
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Other applications
Communication devices (dust filters on telephones and mobile phones, shock-absorbers on headphones), cassette tape holders, protective lining for floppy discs, cylinder felt for facsimile and copy machines, ink plugs for the printing industry, blankets for use outdoors, arctic boots, and linings for hardhats, fire hats, etc. Felt rugs are used in tearooms and Shinto shrines (see the photo, above). And there are still many, many more uses. |
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