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Default Heads Up: Cotton Traders now doing veggie shoes and BEWARE Redwood Foods home delivery health hazard.

On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:17:48 +0000, Gary > wrote:

>Good news on the boots front. Cotton Traders
>http://www.cottontraders.co.uk/
>now do quite a range of veggie though it's not listed as such.
>
>This is copied from the veggie forums.
>
>* Please be advised that the below is a list of all the €œvegetarian€
>styles. No animal has been used in these below styles including
>glues and other components.
>
>AQ10212 €“ Stretch Wedge Boot.
>
>AQ10213 €“ Wedge Shoe.
>
>AQ10214 €“ Bow Trim Pump.
>
>AQ10215 €“ Buckle Trim Pump.
>
>AQ10218 €“ Fleece Lined Cord Boot.
>
>AQ10221 €“ Zip Up Comfort Boot.
>
>AQ10208 €“ Toggle Fleece Lined Boot.
>
>AQ10206 €“ Mens Wellington.
>
>AQ10199 €“ Warm Lined Boot.
>
>AQ10203 €“ Classic W/P Boot.
>
>AQ10204 €“ Casual Trekker Shoe.
>
>AQ10201 €“ Casual W/P Boot.
>
>AQ10202 €“ Casual W/P Shoe.
>
>AQ10242 €“ Lace up Trnr.
>
>AQ10243 €“ Easy Fasten Trnr.
>
>AQ10216 €“ Mary Jane Shoe.
>
>AQ10217 €“ Cord Pump.
>
>AQ10308 €“ Twist Sling Back.
>
>AQ10303 €“ Twist Wedge.
>
>AQ10300 €“ Sling Back Espadrille.
>
>AQ10299 €“ Buckle Espadrille Mule.
>
>AQ10201 €“ Casual W/P Boot.
>
>AQ10277 €“ Classic W/P Shoe.
>
>AQ10203 €“ Classic W/P Boot.
>
>AQ10279 €“ Slip on Hiker.
>
>AQ10332 €“ Mens Trekker.
>
>AQ10179 €“ Ladies Trekker.
>
>AQ10204 €“ Casual Trekker Shoe.
>
>AQ10313 €“ All Terrain Sandal.
>
>AQ10271 €“ Lace up Trnr.
>
>AQ10284 €“ Strider Sandal.
>
>AQ10275 €“ Holiday Clog.
>
>AQ10273 €“ Toggle Aqua Trnr.
>
>AQ10274 €“ Ladies Aqua Pump.
>
>AQ10307 €“ Pleat Peep Toe.
>
>We hope this helps.
>
>Kind regards,
>
>
>Customer Services
>For and on behalf of Cotton Traders Ltd *
>
>When queried why they are calling some items PU Nubuck they state
>
>* Thank you for your further email. I have checked with our
>merchandise department regarding PU leather and they have fowarded to
>me the details :-
>
>To be exact in our PU Nubuck /leathercomposition, we can state that
>this is made on a man-made cloth and includes coating of a separable
>release substrate material with a polyurethane (PU) resin.
>
>
>This is then disposed in an impregnation tank to allow the PU resin to
>congeal into a sheet of minute pores attached to the release substrate
>material. The release substrate material together with the sheet is
>soaked in a wash tank to rinse off residual dimethyformamide (DMP)
>
>
>The surface of the release substrate material is coated with a water
>soluble resin that is later dissolved in water and then rinsed off.
>The release substrate material is put into an oven to dry and then
>removed to a grinder and huge rollers for processing into a nubuck
>sheet.
>
>(This is how the feel and visual characteristics of real nubuck is
>processed)
>
>The nubuck sheet is then washed again in a wash tank to rinse off the
>water-soluble resin, it is then dried, subjected to surface finishing,
>and than separated from the release substrate material to obtain a PU
>nubuck sheet.
>
>At no point do we use any animal skin in processing our PU
>Nubuck/leather
>
>I hope this is of assistance.
>
>Kind Regards
>
>
>Customer Services
>For and on behalf of Cotton Traders Ltd *
>
>*************************************
>Please watch out if ordering from Redwood Foods
>http://www.redwoodfoods.co.uk/
>
>The dick heads are sending out the chilled food unrefrigerated or
>chilled which means by the time we get it it's almost hot! Customer
>service don't care either.
>
>Don't take chances on your health send it back if it arrives in an
>unhygienic state, and report them.
>
>******************************************
>
>Asda now doing some lovely QUORN mini Scotch eggs and pork pies. Great
>for snacks on your walks. Check out the QUORN range it's fabulous.
>http://www.quorn.co.uk
>
>
>All the best everyone and thanks for your tips in the past.



PS: Can anyone recommend a good veggie B&B in the Bristol area please?

TIA.
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