General Could spray coating for water proofing be protection against other things?

[Condottiere]

Everything is printed, but all material needs to be recycled.

 

[whartung]

yea, I couldn't make it through that book. It was just "ok".

 

[chipla]

I’ve never read it.

Probably not an uncommon idea in fiction though.

 

[tjoneslo]

I remember from way back, Larry Niven was postulating "paper" clothing. It was meant to be worn once or twice then tossed or recycled.

 

[mike wightman]

How about this:

 

[chipla]

How about this:

Does it require the nudity or is that just shock factor?

 

[Grav_Moped]

Nano-diamond seems to be a favorite SF buzzword. A thin layer of a single artificial diamond bonded to the surface of whatever you're dealing with. Not very flexible, but chemically inert, resistant to normal wear, what's not to like.

Differential thermal expansion characteristics, leading to internal stress, possibly deformation, and material failure...

But this is sci-fi, so...

 

[Spinward Scout]

How about this:

Now I just need two people willing to see me naked.

 

[Condottiere]

Whipped cream bikini - does it count?

 

[Spinward Scout]

Whipped cream bikini - does it count?

Yes, it technically counts as clothing.

The actress Ali Larter did it on a TV show and the Censors didn't cover it or cut it out.

 

[mike wightman]

It was a film called Varsity Blues.

 

[Nathan Brazil]

I remember from way back, Larry Niven was postulating "paper" clothing. It was meant to be worn once or twice then tossed or recycled.

It wasn't postulation. It was historical and contemporary fashion for Larry Niven. It was not perfectly comfortable, but it was a '60s craze. Till the hippies ruined it.

• During/after WWI due to wool shortages, paper clothing was developed by Germany and later used in many countries until the everyone could afford wool clothing again during the "Roaring '20s". Paper clothing was then considered cheap and fell into disuse. Paper was pulped or recycled into long fiber which was put on the same spindles used for wool. Anything that wool was used for in weaving and such could then be clothing.
  Smithsonian Magazine - When Paper Clothing Was the Perfect Fit
• During the 1960's, paper dresses was a "thing". The Scott Paper Company, started selling paper dresses as a first as a promotion and later as the fashion brand "Paper Caper". Everyone got into the act, even the Cambell Soup Company. Then thos wild-eyed hippies ruined everything with their crazy ideas of "conservation".
  The Henry Ford - “Pulp Fashion”: Paper Dresses of the 1960s

 

[Condottiere]

If you have disposable clothing, you don't need underwear.

Except for support, keeping things in place.

 

[mike wightman]

Catching drips...

 

[Vargr Breath]

Something like Tyvek?

What is Tyvek®

Combining superior tear and puncture resistance, barrier protection and recyclability, DuPont™ Tyvek® takes versatile performance to new levels.

www.dupont.com

 

[Spinward Scout]

It was a film called Varsity Blues.

I could swear I saw it on TV as I don't remember seeing that movie.

 

[Condottiere]

It's where I got the idea from.

In fact, it's the only thing I recall from the movie, besides the plot of replacement quarterback, and secondary story, about the cheerleader trying to seduce him, as she perceives he's the only ticket out of a one horse town.

 

[Grav_Moped]

Whipped cream bikini - does it count?

Yes, it technically counts as clothing.

The actress Ali Larter did it on a TV show and the Censors didn't cover it or cut it out.

1965:

Image credit: Wikipedia.

 

[Vargr Breath]

Whipped cream bikini - does it count?

I saw that at a dance club (strip joint) once.

 

[Condottiere]

Aftermath, clean up.