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General Category => Bodywork, Paint, Interior, Trim, & Wiring => Topic started by: roverman on December 19, 2012, 06:48:06 PM

Title: Barracuda fiberglass cloth
Post by: roverman on December 19, 2012, 06:48:06 PM
I just saw use of this, in a Kit Car Mag. It contains polished woven aluminum and appears as polished stainless steel, through "clear" resin. This is to be used as a top layer, with "only" clear resins. The mag. article was making an AC Cobra type scoop. I can see usage for anything in need of accentuation, scoops, racing stripes or interior/exterior trim ?  Now I wonder...will this work as a radio antenna ? How about using fiber optic strands, in a top lay-up. You could have a "light show", in your top coat.  Cheers, roverman.
Title: Re: Barracuda fiberglass cloth
Post by: Moderator on December 19, 2012, 08:22:33 PM
Cool!  

Probably won't work as an antenna, but it might possibly work as a ground plane to make an aerial mounted above it more effective.
Title: Re: Barracuda fiberglass cloth
Post by: Preform Resources on December 19, 2012, 11:46:40 PM
Art, I saw that article, that is probably E-glass with an aluminized coating, probably not conductive. Other than that noreason
it can't be used in a normal mould situation, they were just going over a male form so you would have to recoat and sand the outside surface to replicate a mould surface.
Dave