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Golden Kevlar?

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kickthedonkey	kickthedonkey posted 9 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 34, Visits: 354	Hi guys! just stumbled apon a roll of kevlar that is golden. Not just the normal yellow but like realy golden, 2/2 Twill, realy beautiful. It looks more like the colored glas but the seller told me its Kevlar. Have you guys seen anything like that? Is it legit or just a try to sell some cheep glass as kevlar? Thanks! Finn
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Golden Kevlar?

kickthedonkey - 9 Years Ago

Try cutting it with normal scissors --- :D :cool: The silver-glass sold by EC cuts easily, like...

Dravis - 9 Years Ago

thats what I was thinking but I have to buy it to cut it to pieces :D

kickthedonkey - 9 Years Ago

have you tried pulling it apart at the edges with your fingers? does it fluff up quite a bit?

scottracing - 9 Years Ago

Could be zylon ? That's a golden/bronze colour but pretty rare cutting that makes kevlar seem like...

f1rob - 9 Years Ago

rob you have just brought back many memories of the amount of 22 blades i went through trying to cut...

scottracing - 9 Years Ago

I´ll try and get a m², just to take a look at what it realy is.

kickthedonkey - 9 Years Ago

The joy of cutting zylon is still pretty fresh in my memory ! Just finished the last F1 intrusion...

f1rob - 9 Years Ago

I thought it was bad with just a small intrusion panel but it had loads of inserts and square...

scottracing - 9 Years Ago

Ex,Caterham f1,plus a few others On the south coast at the minute being a mercenary supplying a...

f1rob - 9 Years Ago

was aerospace for many years then moved to retrac in swindon for a year and now with caterham...

scottracing - 9 Years Ago

GTR its the only way to go at the moment,they don't limit hrs so I'm doing 80/90 hrs a week and they...

f1rob - 9 Years Ago

bloody ell, that's banging the hours in :), I think the most i done in a week was about 80 and I was...

scottracing - 9 Years Ago

Been in f1 over 30 years so well use to the hours by now always looking for people we have a...

f1rob - 9 Years Ago

Found your locker at cti today :-) its all been cleaned up as they eventually got khan to pay up....

scottracing - 9 Years Ago

Was sick the last week, but very interesting just reading along! Did I understand that correctly...

kickthedonkey - 9 Years Ago

Yep we are in cologne, but we dont have a manufacturing facility as we are design only.. We use...

scottracing - 9 Years Ago

So I finaly got an apointment for the stuff and took home 3m to see what it can do and so on....

kickthedonkey - 9 Years Ago

Herrs a little bit of it. On the upper edge you can see the 'normal' kevlar.

kickthedonkey - 9 Years Ago

That looks like "gold-flashed" kevlar twill ... It has been used in specialized Aerospace...

Dravis - 9 Years Ago

I´m pretty sure its Zylon. Looked at some data and other products that are made of Zylon and it...

kickthedonkey - 9 Years Ago

Ok, I called the hell out of my phone, and didnt get anyone that had any idea of anything for ages....

kickthedonkey - 9 Years Ago

Ok, I´ve made up my mind and am going to buy the whole roll of Zylon becouse I´ll probably never...

kickthedonkey - 9 Years Ago

Yup ... Looking at the large pics of the roll, it's NOT "Gold Flashed Kevlar" its Zylon .... Still...

Dravis - 9 Years Ago

I´m quite happy that its Zylon. I have always wanted some sort of Material like Kevlar but that...

kickthedonkey - 9 Years Ago

Just uploaded the pictures. Saw that the ones with the link had a problem. Got the right data sheet...

kickthedonkey - 9 Years Ago

Ok Guys, I´ve got the roll!! The seller wasnt sure how much was on the roll but it looked like it...

kickthedonkey - 9 Years Ago

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