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thought experiment
By:LeeG
Date: 12/17/2004, 8:14 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Cloth weight opinions (Thomas Duncan)

Imagine a thick graphite epoxy coat painted onto a sheet of plastic,maybe .25mm,,then make a wet-out piece of 3.25oz tight weave e-glass on another sheet of plastic, maybe .5mm. For a football area the glass/epoxy will weigh somewhere around 8oz and the epoxy around 3-6oz.
Ok,,after both are cured pick them up off the plastic. The sheet of graphite/epoxy will be a sheet of plastic that can be broken up in your hands. The tightweave glass won't. Same thing happens on the bottom of your kayak with regards to impact wear. The graphite will be slippery but if you need durability to scraping IMPACTS that can ding through fill coats then it'll take THICK fill coats,,at that point why not put some glass in that thick coat and have actual protection against scraping IMPACTS that can leave a ding?

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Cloth weight opinions
Holmes -- 12/17/2004, 12:33 am
Re: Strip: Cloth weight opinions
Jim Looker -- 12/20/2004, 10:49 am
Re: Strip: Cloth weight opinions
J. R. Ackley -- 12/21/2004, 7:55 pm
Re: Strip: Cloth weight opinions
pikabike -- 12/17/2004, 12:58 pm
Re: Strip: Cloth weight opinions
Paul Jacob -- 12/17/2004, 12:53 pm
Re: Strip: Cloth weight opinions
Rob Macks -- 12/17/2004, 1:51 pm
Re: Strip: Cloth weight opinions
Paul Jacob -- 12/17/2004, 6:56 pm
Re: Strip: Cloth weight opinions
Mike Scarborough -- 12/17/2004, 9:18 am
Re: Strip: Cloth weight opinions
bryan gorr -- 12/17/2004, 2:53 am
Re: Strip: Cloth weight opinions
Thomas Duncan -- 12/17/2004, 8:00 am
Graphite Experience
Jay Doorly -- 12/18/2004, 1:59 am
Re: You are waxing poetic.
Gordon Niessen -- 12/20/2004, 7:26 am
Tungsten filled epoxy.
John Monroe -- 12/20/2004, 4:04 am
Re: Tungsten filled epoxy.
Robert N Pruden -- 12/20/2004, 12:42 pm
Re: Carbide filled epoxy. Blue *LINK*
John Monroe -- 12/21/2004, 4:08 am
in a candy store
LeeG -- 12/20/2004, 6:27 pm
Placebo effect
Brian Nystrom -- 12/19/2004, 8:44 am
Re: Placebo effect
Jay Doorly -- 12/20/2004, 11:41 pm
Re: Placebo effect-why?
Thomas Duncan -- 12/19/2004, 7:46 pm
Re: Placebo effect-why?
John D. -- 12/20/2004, 12:48 am
Re: Placebo effect-why?
Jay Doorly -- 12/21/2004, 12:40 am
Re: Placebo effect-why?
Rory -- 12/21/2004, 4:37 am
Re: Placebo effect-why?
John D. -- 12/21/2004, 2:11 am
Re: Placebo effect-why?
Brian Nystrom -- 12/21/2004, 12:27 pm
Re: Placebo effect-why?
Gennie -- 12/22/2004, 2:37 am
Re: Placebo effect-why?
Chuck in Pa -- 12/21/2004, 10:24 pm
Re: Placebo effect-why?
Jay Doorly -- 12/21/2004, 11:22 pm
Re: Graphite Experience
Thomas Duncan -- 12/18/2004, 10:38 am
Re: Graphite Experience
LeeG -- 12/18/2004, 9:26 am
thought experiment
LeeG -- 12/17/2004, 8:14 am
Re: thought experiment
Thomas Duncan -- 12/17/2004, 9:25 am
Re: Real experiment
pikabike -- 12/17/2004, 1:10 pm
Re: Real experiment
LeeG -- 12/18/2004, 9:10 am
Re: thought experiment *LINK*
Glen Smith -- 12/17/2004, 11:16 am