A foam composite made up of a scaffold of an open cell hydrophobic material having plurality of surfaces defining a plurality of pores, and a coating of a substantially hydrophilic foam material disposed upon the surfaces of the hydrophobic foam. The resulting foam composite exhibits structural characteristics of the hydrophobic foam and absorbency characteristics of the hydrophilic foam.
RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/421,283, filed Apr. 23, 2003, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/823,129, now abandoned, filed Mar. 30, 2001, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 09/540,099, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,617,014, filed Mar. 31, 2000, all of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
