DuFLEX strip plank

Discussion in 'Materials' started by mojounwin, Dec 30, 2004.

  1. mojounwin
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    mojounwin Junior Member

    looking to build a 26ft yacht strip planked, and stumbled across a product called Duflex which is essentially a foam core that is coated each side with 600gm biax E-glass. http://www.atlcomposites.com/pdf/DuFLEX_brochure.pdf

    Has anyone used this product before?
    How does it compare with using cedar as a core?
    Because the core is already coated with fibreglass could you use a lighter cloth to cover then would be used to cover cedar?

    Thanks
    Mike
     
  2. FAST FRED
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    FAST FRED Senior Member

    The biggest advantage would come at resale time,

    boats with burried wood are hard to sell ,

    even though they claim to be "Composite" ,

    the public knows better.

    FAST FRED
     
  3. captainjsw
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    captainjsw Junior Member

    I am building with DuFlex - I see this is an old thread - if you are still interested in knowing more - let me know

    Regards John
     

  4. Willallison
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    Willallison Senior Member

    I think that's an attitude that's changing - especially as more and more large custom vessels are employing strip planking (wood, I mean). It's also a bit of a regional thing - the Kiwi's, for instance, don't share any fear of timber cored boats.
    It's also somewhat ill-informed - a poorly built foam or balsa cored boat is every bit as prone to wet core damage as a poorly built strip plank boat is - if not more so.
     
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