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Re: Material: Is E-Glass fibreglass the best or no *PIC*
By:Justin
Date: 11/13/2016, 8:56 am
In Response To: Re: Material: Is E-Glass fibreglass the best or no (Etienne Muller)

If your main concern is scratches, then you can mix silicon carbide into the fill coats on the bottom, although it has a noticeable dark grey colour - not solid, rather translucent. Not very pretty, but amazingly scratch-resistant.

I tend to use my kayaks quite hard, and I put kevlar on the bottom with silicon carbide fill coats - this is nearly bomb-proof

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Material: Is E-Glass fibreglass the best or not?
Paul Nicol - Freedom Kayaks Ltd -- 11/11/2016, 10:23 am
Re: Material: Is E-Glass fibreglass the best or no
JohnAbercrombie -- 11/11/2016, 11:47 am
Re: Material: Is E-Glass fibreglass the best or no
Paul Nicol -- 11/11/2016, 3:11 pm
Re: Material: Is E-Glass fibreglass the best or no
Bill Hamm -- 11/12/2016, 12:50 am
Re: Material: Is E-Glass fibreglass the best or no
Paul Nicol - Freedom Kayaks Ltd -- 11/12/2016, 5:21 am
Re: Material: Is E-Glass fibreglass the best or no
scottbaxter -- 11/12/2016, 7:53 am
Re: Material: Is E-Glass fibreglass the best or no
Etienne Muller -- 11/12/2016, 9:25 am
Re: Material: Is E-Glass fibreglass the best or no *PIC*
Justin -- 11/13/2016, 8:56 am
Re: Material: Is E-Glass fibreglass the best or no
LeeG -- 11/13/2016, 5:37 pm
Re: Material: Is E-Glass fibreglass the best or no
Paul Nicol -- 11/14/2016, 3:03 am