Fiberglassing
(→Woven roving) |
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====Graphite==== | ====Graphite==== | ||
| − | Really exotic, looks purty and necessary for the 350mph crowd, not so much for | + | Also called "carbon fiber". Really exotic, looks purty and necessary for the 350mph crowd, not so much for shade tree guys. To be purty, must be laid up in vinyl ester or epoxy resin in shiny female molds. Is fairly brittle so commonly has a layer of aramid cloth or fiberglass for toughness. Ths stuff is sized in thousands of filaments, i.e. 1K, 5K, 12K, etc. |
====S-glass or E-glass==== | ====S-glass or E-glass==== | ||
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