Black Fiberglass

coogzilla · Post by **coogzilla** » Thu May 15, 2008 5:21 pm

Has anybody used black fiberglass before?

dangermouse01 · Post by **dangermouse01** » Thu May 15, 2008 8:25 pm

Do you mean carbon-fiber cloth? Seen stuff made with it, space hardware & stuff at work. Even seen it used for boats. It is way to expensive on my wallet for me to use tho.
Not sure if there is anything to gain by sheathing wood with it, as opposed to just plain fiber glass cloth, that would make it worth the cost. Thats a question for the engineering folks.

DM

Teddy Madison · Post by **Teddy Madison** » Thu May 15, 2008 8:28 pm

There is such a thing as black Fiberglass, it seems to be the response to the shortage of the carbon fiber and came to life in 2006. Apparently the Pentagon and Airbus have been sucking up all the carbon fiber so this stuff came along. I haven't seen any raw material for sale though.

Wayne

coogzilla · Post by **coogzilla** » Thu May 15, 2008 8:35 pm

http://www.fiberglasssite.com/servlet/C ... s=bb9ef66e

Post by **jem** » Thu May 15, 2008 8:47 pm

Interesting. Doesn't say what type of cloth it is.

Jimmy W · Post by **Jimmy W** » Thu May 15, 2008 8:56 pm

If you click on the picture, it says this:

YOU ARE BIDDING ON BLACK 9.0 OUNCE E- GLASS FIBERGLASS CLOTH . THIS IS FIRST RUN FIRST QUALITY. THIS IS E-GLASS , . IT IS 38 INCHES WIDE , 9.0 OUNCES PER SQUARE YARD. THIS IS VERY SOFT CLOTH. ALLMOST LIKE VOLAN

- THREAD COUNT 57 X 54

- 8 HARNESS SATIN WEAVE

CAN BE USED WITH EPOXY RESIN

Post by **jem** » Thu May 15, 2008 9:17 pm

- 8 HARNESS SATIN WEAVE is a very strong cloth but can be a bugger to get to wet out. You have to apply some extra pressure if you're using a foam roller.

It forms around corners ok.