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Material: Raka Glass
By:grant
Date: 12/21/2002, 2:19 pm

I was just reviewing the Raka glass list. They offer a 5.5 oz glass which they say is lighter and stronger than their 6 oz glass and in their words "should be excellant for clear coating".

They also carry a 3.25 oz tight-woven glass which in their words "is much stronger and requires less resin but are harder to wet out and form than normal open weave".

Has anyone used either of these glass types. How do they wet out? How clear are they at the end of the day? Is the 3.25 oz significantly tougher to work with?

grant

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Material: Raka Glass
grant -- 12/21/2002, 2:19 pm
Re: Material: Raka Glass
Don Lucas -- 12/23/2002, 6:24 pm
Re: Material: Raka Glass - 5.5 *LINK*
Bill Price -- 12/22/2002, 11:06 am
Re: Material: Raka Glass
Jay Babina -- 12/22/2002, 8:49 am
Re: Material: Raka Glass
Mike Hanks -- 12/22/2002, 2:13 am
Re: Raka Glass 3.25oz.
Rehd -- 12/21/2002, 9:28 pm
Re: Raka Glass 3.25oz.
grant -- 12/21/2002, 11:34 pm
Re: Raka Glass 3.25oz.
Rehd -- 12/22/2002, 4:19 am
Raka Glass 3.25oz. + System 3 LPU for Cirrus
grant -- 12/22/2002, 11:44 am
Re: Raka Glass 3.25oz. + System 3 LPU for Cirrus *LINK* *Pic*
Jim Kozel -- 12/22/2002, 6:53 pm
Re: Raka Glass 3.25oz. + System 3 LPU for Cirrus
Rehd -- 12/22/2002, 5:37 pm
Re: Raka Glass 3.25oz. + System 3 LPU for Cirrus
grant -- 12/22/2002, 6:09 pm
Re: Material: Raka Glass
mike loriz -- 12/21/2002, 6:01 pm
Re: Material: Raka Glass
grant -- 12/21/2002, 6:29 pm
Re: Material: Raka Glass
Mike Loriz -- 12/24/2002, 1:49 pm
Re: Weight and type of Kayak?
Don Lucas -- 12/24/2002, 3:42 pm
Re: Weight and type of Kayak?
mike loriz -- 12/30/2002, 5:00 pm
Re: Material: Raka Glass
Scott -- 12/21/2002, 5:46 pm
Re: Material: Raka Glass *LINK*
Steve Frederick -- 12/21/2002, 2:55 pm