From the foliage sheath, the leaves and leaf stem were
removed and the sheath is dried for 3 days in shade.
In the next step, it was immersed in water retting tank for
3 weeks, followed by hand rubbing and rinsing in
water till the unwanted greasy material was dissolved and
fine fibre was extracted. Finally, the extracted fibre once
again washed thoroughly in plenty of clean water to
remove the surplus waste. Continuous fibre was obtained
with length up to 1⋅5 m. The obtained fibre was dried
under sun for 1 week. The average diameter of the fibre
used for the composite preparation was between 0⋅2 and
0⋅3 mm.