Sanded

One of Colan's strengths is our ability to develop fabrics as required by our imaginative customers. We do not insist on a long run to make ideas into reality. We love innovation.

Colan Hybrid Fabrics are reinforcements that combine two or more different fibres in a common matrix, expanding the range of properties that can be achieved. When Sanded.com.au came to us to develop their Nylextra and glass idea for the surf market we were very happy.

Nylextra fibre consists of a special blend of nylon yarn, which is one of the toughest and most durable manmade polymers, it has very high tensile and tear strength even at low fabric weights.

Features

  • Little weight gain in a strength to weight ratio
  • Toughness/hardness/impact strength is increased of the outer skin
  • Easy to wet out with resin

The fibreglass fibre we use is high tensile hi clear yarn with sizing, meaning the fabrics need no further heat cleaning or treatment with a coupling agent. These additional treatments usually result in a 50% reduction in tensile strength which, in turn, transfers to a reduction in composite mechanical properties.

Features

·         Reduction of deposits and fuzz

·         Improved process-ability

·         Lower friction coefficient

·         Easier impregnation with resins

It looks good too!