Abstract: A convolutely wound tube having portions adjacent the inside and outside edges thereof more pliable than the remainder thereof for easily conforming to the contour of the inside and outside surfaces thereof and method for making same from a predetermined length of elongate sheet material having opposed first and second surfaces and first and second longitudinal side edges, wherein the method includes mechanically deforming a minor portion of the sheet material adjacent the first or second longitudinal edge, or both, thereof to render same more pliable than the major portion of the sheet material, convolutely winding a predetermined length of the elongate sheet material transversely of the length into a convolute tube while forming the inside edge of the tube from the first longitudinal edge and the outside edge of the tube from the second longitudinal edge of the sheet material so that the pliable portion of the sheet material adjacent the inside and outside edges will readily conform to the contour of the in