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Re: Material: New material winners
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 11/29/2009, 12:22 am
In Response To: Re: Material: New material winners (Johnathan Akers)

: 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 :\

I've seen prices of custom woven cloth, he is right, you don't wanna know :) It's not too bad if you buy several thousand yards btw.

Bill H.

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