This was taken from
cameo.mfa.org/wiki/GORE-TEX
GORE-TEX has pore sizes of up to 0.2 micrometers. It is impermeable to any liquid such as water, solvents, acids, alkalis, bleaches, insecticides as well as bacteria, and viruses. However, it transmits moisture and other vapors. Thus, it is waterproof but breathable.
So it appears that a water droplet is larger than .2 microns and so is the average skin raft. I assume that breathable waterproof clothing should keep rafts contained. What I find interesting in the link above, was that Goretex also prevents bacteria from passing through. We've long been told that bacteria is what our odors are mostly comprised of. That's why most "hunter's soaps" are antibacterial.
So would a base layer of electrostatic clothing followed by a Gore type material, followed by an outer carbon garment, with pants tucked along with sleeves, etc, be the ultimate odor containment system?
The electrostatic layer would hold a certain percentage of rafts, and the gore layer would contain another percentage of the rafts. The carbon outer layer would absorb anything that the other layers couldn't handle. And is it possible that the non-carbon layers would extend the time between when the carbon needs tossed in the dryer? I figure that the less carbon has to absorb (because our other layers prevented most of it from reaching the carbon) the longer and better the carbon would do it's job?? Does that make logical sense?
Could this be a good use for a breathable dry suit? If drysuit gaskets on the neck wrists and ankles can keep water out, why wouldn't they keep skin rafts in?
Hey, I'm still going to attempt to hunt where the wind is in my favor, but in hilly terrain, that's often an obtainable goal. And even if "hunting the wind" can be accomplished, I still hate leaving the residual odor around my stand AND along my access trails.
I believe that a lot of what leads to the "October lull" is nothing more than the deer moving at night encountering our residual odor and learning where to avoid. And with sloppy odor control, the more we use those access routes, and the harder we hunt those stands, the faster and longer those stands will be cold and the more nocturnal our herd becomes.
Odor control is job 1.