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Re: Material: New material winners
By:Johnathan Akers
Date: 11/28/2009, 2:37 pm
In Response To: Re: Material: New material winners (Brian Scarborough)

: That S fiber stuff looks to be the same stuff as Spectra rope. (But
: I could be mistaken.)

: Wasn't someone talking about it here, or on the QUSA forum?
: Questioning how well it would wet out in an epoxy application...

: I think the consensus was that it wouldn't be tightly woven enough
: for SOF construction.

: Brian

I thought Spectra was Polyethylene based, and this Innegra S Fiber stuff seams Polypropylene based. Should make it much more compatible with epoxies compared to the Spectra. I recently got a piece of woven Spectra with an incredibly tight weave, but I haven't had a chance to do much testing with it yet (still working on my current project). The weave is definitely tight enough for a SOF application, however I don't think it would be the most cost effective... My sample was free, but I was told by the rep I got it from that I didn't even want to know how much it cost per yard because it was a custom weave :\

Messages In This Thread

Material: New material winners
Paul Montgomery -- 11/25/2009, 7:52 pm
Re: Material: New material winners
Brian Scarborough -- 11/26/2009, 11:33 pm
Re: Material: New material winners
Johnathan Akers -- 11/28/2009, 2:37 pm
Re: Material: New material winners
Bill Hamm -- 11/29/2009, 12:22 am
Re: Material: New material winners
Dave Gentry -- 11/26/2009, 2:04 pm
Seriously cool!
Brian Nystrom -- 11/26/2009, 11:08 am