made my own Micarta

[Mike Bowler]

got an old pair of jeans and cut them up 5" strips then mixed up some fiberglass resin pair of latex gloves greaseproof paper 2 bits of flat wood g clamps.
When you mix your resin only use half the regular amount of hardener into the resin then with gloves on smear the resin on to the strips of jeans work as quick as you can .I had 12 strips and that gave me 7mm of micarta

Heres a pic of my result


Thanks for looking

[dazcon]

Looking good Mike! Have you made it for a particular blade?

[Mike Bowler]

Originally Posted by dazcon

Looking good Mike! Have you made it for a particular blade?

No mate it was more experimental but I will find something to put it onto

[Bernie Garland]

Nice one Mike,at least you have a go and Experiment

Bernie

[Mike Bowler]

I'm going to see what its like inside if it looks good I'll be making more that bit cost me £3 to make and that was the cost of resin

[choppedit]

Mike,

What is the reason for only using half of the hardener? Is it to get more time to lay it up?

Mark.

[Mike Bowler]

Originally Posted by choppedit

Mike,

What is the reason for only using half of the hardener? Is it to get more time to lay it up?

Mark.

Mark the hardener takes longer to set that gives you more working time with it and you do need it

[wolf]

There great mike,ive done a few using different cloths,my favourite is hessian