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Fiberglass Tapes |
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Style 6060 - 1.19
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Style 8800
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Style 2113 - 2.3
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Style 120 - 3.16
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Style 1557 - 5.26
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Crowfoot Weave
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Uni Fiberglass |
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7781 - 8.95 oz |
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Fiberglass Cloth For Sale
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You've
come to the right website for the best fiberglass prices
anywhere. You'll find all kinds of fiberglass fabrics
on this website. From 0.73 oz/sq yd for Model Planes to
50.2 oz Cloth used in Aircraft tooling operations.
You'll find plain weaves, twill weaves, satin weaves,
net, black tinted satin weaves and unidirectional
fabrics. Buying a larger roll from us can be easier on
your wallet than buying smaller quantities at other
sites. You have found the source. |
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We've
been buying and selling fiberglass cloth since the early
80's. We've had hundreds of satisfied customers and
sold millions of yards. All we do is fiberglass. We
can help you with most of the questions you have about
the right kind of fiberglass cloth to use in a
particular application. We don't know everything but
can surely help to get you on the right track. We
bought a huge factory building in High Point NC that
used to be the Alma Desk Co up until 1992. We've been
here since 1996. We also own the Fli-Back building you
see in the photo below in the lower right. They made
Yo-Yo's, the fli-back paddle, balls and a bunch other
toy stuff. It's the tan building in the lower right.
The fiberglass cloth is in the brick buildings. Our
office is to the left of the parking lot just past the
Fli-Back Bldg. |
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Most,
but not all, of the fiberglass fabric styles we stock
are listed in the clickable list to your right. When
you go to these pages you'll get prices and other
information like construction (count - threads per
inch), sizes of rolls, total price for rolls. A lot of
the lighter weight fabrics have special pricing that
includes shipping to any of the 48 continental United
States. Call us for a quick quote on anything you're
interested in. The fiberglass fabrics are in order by
weight (ounces per square yard). |
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Almost
all of the fabrics are good for epoxy resins. Some are
finished for just polyester, some just epoxy and some
are good for any resins. A little background on
finishes. Finishes are put on glass fabrics to allow a
strong bond between the resin and the glass. If you
take a sheet of glass and put resin on it, let it cure
then try to peel it off it will easily come off, or chip
off. Finishes like Volan or Silane act as
intermediaries between the resin and the glass. Volan
has been around a lot longer than the silanes but I
think is still one of the best finishes. Volan is
generally the softest finish with the exception of some
silanes. Volan is a chrome based finish that complexes
with the silicon dioxide in the glass and leaves one
group to bond to the resin. Silane is a molecule that,
like carbon, has four groups (bonds) with three of them
bonding to the silicon dioxide in the glass leaving one
group to bond to the resin. Some of the reasons for
using Silanes instead of Volan are 1 - doesn't leave a
green tint like Volan which is preferable for surf
boards. 2 - forms a little stronger bond and generally
considered more moisture resistant. 3 - better for the
environment. |
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When
cloth is woven it has an oily starch type material on it
to make the glass yarn slide a little easier to prevent
breakage. After weaving is complete the cloth is heat
cleaned to remove any of this material then the finish
is added. There's a lot to know about Finishes and you
want to be sure you're getting cloth that is proper for
the resin and application you're doing. |
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The
thread count and weave of the fabric can make a lot of
difference in the the handling of the cloth as well.
Some weaves are tighter than others and are not suitable
for complex curves. The satin weaves will take
complex curves better but are a little tougher getting
the bubbles out. Satin weaves are also effected by the
type of finish. This is probably because the yarn is
closer together and allows cross bonding of the finish
more than in plain weaves. For example, there's a
tremendous difference in the way a satin weave like 7781
will be if it's finish in Volan or in a silane. Some
silanes are pretty good while some can be pretty stiff
and good for flat panels only. We sell the stiffer
material for a good bit less than the softer material.
Unidirectional fabrics are for composites where you need
the strength in one direction like in a wing. Or, you
need it to conform in one direction more as would be the
case for composites tubes. Some of the unidirectional
fiberglass styles include 1557, 1543, 3743, 7715, 7721
and 2515. |
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You
can get some idea by the count - threads per inch. Warp
is length wise down the cloth and fill is side to side.
If you laid a ruler on the cloth and counted the threads
in one inch that's the number you'd get. |
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The
lighter weight fabrics like 106, 6060, 1080, 112, 2113
are the ones that have been used in model planes for
years, with 106 being the most common to use with epoxy
over balsa skins. For molding R/C fuselages softer
materials like 1522 3.7 oz, 7533 6 oz type materials are
easier to use than tighter weaves. |
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A lot
of the fabrics were first used primarily in the circuit
board industry and because of this more is available at
cheaper prices. Some materials that are easier to
laminate are more expensive because of the higher demand
and lower production. |
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S-2
glass. Most of the materials on this site are
E-glass with the exception of styles like 6116, 1893,
4526, 6781, and 17645 which are S-2 glass and are noted
accordingly. S glass (primarily S-2 glass) is generally
considered to be about 20% stronger than e-glass.
S-Glass is 64-66% Silicone Dioxide compare to E-Glass at
52-56%. S-Glass has no Calcium Oxide where E-glass has
16-25%. S-Glass has more Aluminum Oxide at 24-26% where
E-Glass is 12-16%. S-Glass has no Boron where E-glass is
5-10%. S-Glass does have 9-11% Magnesium Oxide where
E-glass very little. The price of S-Glass is higher
than E-Glass. The reason for this that was given to me
some years back is that S-Glass is processed at a higher
temperature than E-glass. It burns through the oven
liners faster and this replacement cost is the reason
for the higher price. |
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Fiberglass Cloth |
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Heavier Weaves toward the bottom |
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We have a
lot of fiberglass fabrics not listed on
this website that are intended for many
different applications. If you are
using any kind of fiberglass cloth for
uses other than laminating like coating
operations in silicone rubber, for heat
barrier type uses, or any other type
industrial use let us know. We might
have just what you need and can save you
a bunch of time and money.
We've
made a lot of different things with
fiberglass and as soon as we can we'll
putting more
how to fiberglass
stuff on here.
All
prices subject to go up or down without
notice.
Thanks
for visiting our website and if we can
help in any way let us know.
1-800-218-1375 |
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