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Re: polypro rubstrips query
By:mike allen --->
Date: 5/4/2001, 5:24 pm
In Response To: Re: polypro rubstrips query (Rob Macks)

: 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

just looked at their online cataloge and i see olefin polypropylene 18x18 at 4 oz .
it also lists 4oz dynel and 4oz xynole polyester. any comment on how these work and especially how transparent they wet out?
do you know any synthetics that wet out clear?

-mick

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