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Re: polypro rubstrips query
By:Rob Macks
Date: 5/4/2001, 4:36 pm
In Response To: polypro rubstrips query (mike allen --->)

: Hi Rob

: could you tell a little more abt these rubstrips? firstly what wt and type
: and especially how transparent will it wet out? and how do they function -
: presumably takes a beating but stays together.

: thanx

: -mick

Defender carries only one weight of Polypro cloth I'm aware of, perhaps 9 oz. It wets out translucent, not transparent, not visable not invisable.

And they take a beating. Don't make your strips any more than 1-1/2" wide. All you need is to cover the edge. The polypropylene cloth sucks up resin like a sponge so you could add a lot of weight if you used a lot.

All the best,

Rob Macks
Laughing Loon CC&K
www.LaughingLoon.com

Messages In This Thread

rubstrips
Tony Ornatek -- 5/4/2001, 9:57 am
Re: rubstrips
Rob Macks -- 5/4/2001, 2:53 pm
polypro rubstrips query
mike allen ---> -- 5/4/2001, 3:04 pm
Re: polypro rubstrips query
Rob Macks -- 5/4/2001, 4:36 pm
Re: polypro rubstrips query
mike allen ---> -- 5/4/2001, 5:24 pm
Re: polypro rubstrips query
Rob Macks -- 5/8/2001, 8:37 pm