Hi Delores,

Wiki fire retardant material names:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fire-retar…

Other things I found.

http://www.arasafety.com/products/fire-resistan…
“environmentally friendly”

http://www.firefree.com/
“Firefree Coatings offers non-toxic, fire resistant and fire retardant intumescent coatings which are applied like paint…”

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Good information Jefferson!

Delores
Several questions, what type of material, what type of purpose? are you looking for cloth material, treatments, or are you looking for coatings? there are many sources for materials but you should narrow it down to the type of material you are looking for it will make the search easier.

Delores this is not a lot of info to work on. How heat and fire resistant do you need it to be? Have you researched ceramic fiber cloth? Depending on what you are going to use it for the fibers can be a problem. These fabrics are fire resistant from 550C to 1050C for Fahrenheit I usually double those figures so it would be approximately 1000 o F to 2000 o F.

THANK U JEFFERSON, SHAWN & TOM ^~!

JEFFERSON~~OUT OF THOSE PRODUCTS THA U LISTED, WHICH ONES ARE NON~TOXIC/EARTH/ECO~FRIENDLY? I’M LOOKING FOR MAT LIKE MATERIAL, WHICH I FORGOT TO PUT INTO MY POST EARLIER. THEY MUST BE EARTH/ ECO~FRIENDLY.

SHAWN~~NOT SURE WHAT OTHER MATERIAL I’LL NEED. FOR NOW THO, I DO NEED MAT LIKE MATERIAL.2~IT WILL BE CLOSE, NEAR FIRE.3~I WILL NEED CLOTH & MAT LIKE MATERIAL. 4~AS FAR AS TREATMENTS & COATINGS GO I’M NOT SURE IF I’LL NEED THOSE YET.5~TRUST ME, IF I KNEW ALL OF THE MATERIALS THAT I WOULD NEED BY NOW I WOULD HAVE ALL OF THEM. I’M B/C I AM LOOKING FOR HELP IN FINDING OUT WHAT MATERIALS ARE EARTH/ECO~FRIENDLY MATERIALS COMPARED TO TREATMENTS & COATINGS.

HOPE THAT HELPS U UNDERSTAND BETTER.

TOM~~
1~I NEED IT TO GO ABOVE 500 DEGREES.
2~CERAMIC FIBER CLOTH? NO I HAVNT HEARD OF THAT ONE.
3~SINCE CERAMIC FIBER GOES THAT HIGH (1000 TO 2000 DEGREES) IT DOES SOUND LIKE THAT WILL BE OF A HUGE HELP. THANK U VERY MUCH ^~! I’LL LOOK INTO IT FURTHER TO SEE IF I CAN GET SAMPLES.

TO EVERYONE ELSE…I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT I ALSO NEED THE MATERIAL TO BE VERY FLEXIBLE AS WELL.

THANK U GUYS FOR THE FEEDBACK ^~! KEEP THE COMMENTS COMING ^~! IT’S KEPING THE WHEELS TURNING IN MY HEAD ^~, LOL!

the best place to start would be thomas net http://www.thomasnet.com/prodsearch.html?cov=NA… this should get you in the right direction. there are many materials and coatings out there so they would depend on the function. if it is a mat would this be like a floor mat or small welcome mat, is it going to be subject to moving, bending, washing, exposed to weather. all of these may affect what material you might use. another source is http://www.globalsources.com/ they may be able to help and you can submit a request to many companies at once, just make sure you have room in your email as I used it for bamboo and got about a hundred emails the next day..lol. Good source. Will check around and see if there are other sources as well.

SHAWN~ ON GLOBAL SOURCES DO I NEED TO MAKE A PROFILE IN ORDER FOR COMPANIES TO CONTACT ME? THANK U MUCH FOR THE INFO. & THAT UR LOOKING ^~!

I believe you do, but I use them often. I would try thomasnet first though. globalsource you get a lot of answers from chinese companies and the language barrier is enormous, I have gotten replies from companies who don’t sell what I am looking for, or do not understand at all. but they are still a good source.