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Spectraply

flexi

flexi

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Morse said:
Very nice Mark.
Must try some spectraply.
Easy to sand and finish?

Dave
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Hi Dave, yes Spectraply is coloured laminate bonded with resin, so all the voids/ soft spots you would normally get are hardened with the resin. It can be a bit tougher to shape and sand with high resin content, but does Polish extremely well...on a side note the actual original Spectraply factory burnt down a few years ago. Others do manufacture similar products(I have used some from a gunstock company) just check it's resin level....
 
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flexi

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Tom.1946 said:
Very nice Mark as said early bird gets the wood.
Any ideas why my emoji's seems to be turned off
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Hi Tom, you can only use the ones on the forum....middle set of 3 dots in the banner bar will bring them up???
 
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Curly

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flexi said:
Hi Dave, yes Spectraply is coloured laminate bonded with resin, so all the voids/ soft spots you would normally get are hardened with the resin. It can be a bit tougher to shape and sand with high resin content, but does Polish extremely well...on a side note the actual original Spectraply factory burnt down a few years ago. Others do manufacture similar products(I have used some from a gunstock company) just check it's resin level....
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flexi I'm pretty sure it was the Dyamondwood plant that burned down. They used birch veneers impregnated with coloured resin to resemble a solid wood. Spectraply is a different company that came a bit later useing various coloured veneers in combinations.

Pete
 
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Curly said:
flexi I'm pretty sure it was the Dyamondwood plant that burned down. They used birch veneers impregnated with coloured resin to resemble a solid wood. Spectraply is a different company that came a bit later useing various coloured veneers in combinations.

Pete
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Thanks Pete, with age comes memory loss....I think...
 
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