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Biaxial Fabrics & Tapes

Biaxial Tape

Episize™ Biaxial Tape is ideal for repairs, tabbing, and reinforcing. It is made from non-woven E-glass fabric, where two layers are held together at a ±45° fibre orientation by a light stitching. The flat, non-crimped fibres in biaxial tape yield reduced print-through and also make it stiffer than woven fabrics.

Biaxial Fabric

Episize™ Biaxial Fabric is ideal for composites, repairs, and reinforcing. It is made from non-woven E-glass fabric, where two layers are held together at a ±45° fibre orientation by a light stitching. When wetting-out this fabric by hand, the result is a high fibre-to-resin ratio.

Designed for:

  • Durability
  • Abrasion Resistance
  • Impact Resistance
  • Skinning
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PROJECT USES:

Create an abrasion and moisture-resistant surface in:

  • Fibreglass Repairs
  • Architectural Repair/Construction
  • Marine
  • Structural Applications

PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS:

  • Woven E-Glass Fabric
  • Colour | White

PRODUCT SIZES:

  • Biaxial Tape
    • 727A 5m 450g/m² ±45° Biaxial 125mm wide (Approx 13oz)
    • 727B 50m 450g/m² ±45° Biaxial 125mm wide
  • Biaxial Fabric
    • 736-5 5m 332 g/m2±45° Width 1270mm
    • 736-10 10m
    • 736-25 25m
    • 736-50 50m
    • 736-45kg 45kg Roll Approx 135.8m2 roll
    • 738-5 5m 610g/m²±45° 1270mm wide
    • 738-10 10m
    • 738-25 25m
    • 738-50 50m Approx 63.5m²
    • 739-5 5m 450g/m²±45° 1270mm wide
    • 739-10 10m(441g/m²)
    • 739-25 25m 31.75m²
    • 739-50kg 50kg Roll Approx 87.5m Roll (111.1m²)

Fibreglass Facts

Laminating

The term “laminating” refers to the process of bonding numbers of relatively thin layers, like plywood, veneers, fabrics, or core material to create a composite. A composite may be any number of layers of the same material or combinations of different materials. Methods of epoxy application and clamping will differ depending on what you are laminating.

Fibreglass Repairs

Recently we revised our most popular instruction manual, Fibreglass Boat Repair & Maintenance, bringing it up to date and expanding it to 146 pages. It contains the very latest fibreglass repair techniques and features complete sections devoted to repairing cracks, holes, damaged skins, cores, keels, and rudders, installing hardware, installing teak veneer decks, gelcoat blister repair and prevention, and final fairing and finishing.

Fibreglass Repairs withWEST SYSTEM EPOXY