Golden Kevlar?


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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?
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Finn
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Try cutting it with normal scissors ---  BigGrinCool

The silver-glass sold by EC cuts easily, like any normal glass-weave -- The yellow-golden coloured pure Kevlar I have is a bit** to cut, and even resists the EC Kevlar shears..

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thats what I was thinking but I have to buy it to cut it to pieces BigGrin
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have you tried pulling it apart at the edges with your fingers? does it fluff up quite a bit?
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Could be zylon ? That's a golden/bronze colour but pretty rare

cutting that makes kevlar seem like a knife through butter !
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rob you have just brought back many memories of the amount of 22 blades i went through trying to cut that stuff Smile

finn, can you get any pics of the material?
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I´ll try and get a m², just to take a look at what it realy is.
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The joy of cutting zylon is still pretty fresh in my memory !

Just finished the last F1 intrusion panel for the year (I hope !)

Basically the entire side of the tub with all suspension cut outs,18 plies !,all in a matched mould so all but joints for a perfect fit

20 hours of composite hell

Didn't anyony teach you the cutting trick with the heel of a 26 blade ?
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I thought it was bad with just a small intrusion panel but it had loads of inserts and square bosses, which was a nightmare.

sounds like you need a sit down and a cuppa. I used plenty of 26s cutting the centres out for the carbon inserts but dont know the heel trick. Are you at one of the teams or the suppliers?
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Ex,Caterham f1,plus a few others

On the south coast at the minute being a mercenary supplying a couple of the top teams.

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