Common industrial applications include personal products, such as bandages, handkerchiefs, and towels; aprons; and even special occasion costumes. Due to the fabric’s durability and strength, it has a wide range of applications. Consumer durables include both household goods and home furnishings, such as curtains, furniture upholstery, mattress pads, towels, tablecloths, blankets, carpet underlay, wardrobe and shoe cases, and clothing items such as hats, linings, padding, lining materials, and reinforcing other fabrics. Many industrial uses include filters, insulation, packaging materials, paving slabs, road construction materials, geotextiles, and roofing products.