yup, agree, difficult project, feet are a totally awkward complex shape.
yup, good point about kevlar. we ride in lycra, so really no protection on the entire body, so why to emphasize protection over the shoes...
interesting you say it's not rubbery at touch and behave, and that it cuts pretty much the same as with regular epoxy, and that you can sand it to key the surface.
from them (easy composites) i understood that it's a bit like rubber, and that it's very hard to key, and kinda impossible to add something over it (like another epoxy, or coat) because it would be chipping very fast, not being able to remain on that EF80 epoxy surface.
after cutting it,
- how is the cut? is it clean? or some fray remaining?
- do you need to seal back the fresh cut, or not needed?
do you think is possible to cut it with a good scissor? this, of course, if the final product is thin.
from them (easy composites), i understood that it's not possible to mix it with other epoxy... also, that the only way to bond it would be wait the regular epoxy to cure till B-stage (tacky state) and then start working with the EF80 epoxy - this way basically to rely on chemical bond.
but, to have two separate parts, one with regular epoxy and one with EF80 epoxy, and to bond them together i understand that is very difficult, like kinda impossible...
pfff, hard to understand this flexible epoxy...
i really do not understand why easy composites don't make a video about it... they have very very cool-interesting videos about other products, methods, etc, yet NOTHING about this flexible epoxy...
:-) i totally agree with you, i think the hardest part is to make the patterns/molds... same here, not there yet.
thanks ;-)
Mircea