Salvaging Kevlar
10-19-06 | 07:37 PM
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Salvaging Kevlar
This is an odd question. I just replaced my rear tire, a Michelin Carbon with a Kevlar bead. And while performing a disection of it to see how it was made, I wondered if anyone has ever bothered to reuse any of the roughly 12 feet worth of Kevlar strands from the old tires. I know it's hardly valuable, but it isn't often that I have Dupont's wonder fiber laying around the house. Maybe grandma can knit me a bullet-proof sweater. Has anybody had any clever ideas for it?
10-19-06 | 10:39 PM
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I don't know how well it wicks, but those socks are going to be miserable to wear. That kevlar is very abrasive stuff.
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10-20-06 | 07:03 AM
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So, homemade Kevlar biking socks will be good for my daily commute. They promote a cushioning mold and will still result in a shattered ankle if I were to be shot in the foot.
10-20-06 | 08:06 AM
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you can buy kevlar thread at most fabric stores. also "aramid" reinforced fabrics at most outdoor fabric stores.
kevlar is overrated! it is brittle and does not bend well, it has a short fatigue curve when manipulated. best not in socks. just start making a bullteproof vest using ductape and your extra kevlar fibers....
kevlar is overrated! it is brittle and does not bend well, it has a short fatigue curve when manipulated. best not in socks. just start making a bullteproof vest using ductape and your extra kevlar fibers....
10-20-06 | 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Bekologist
you can buy kevlar thread at most fabric stores. also "aramid" reinforced fabrics at most outdoor fabric stores.
kevlar is overrated! it is brittle and does not bend well, it has a short fatigue curve when manipulated.
kevlar is overrated! it is brittle and does not bend well, it has a short fatigue curve when manipulated.
But this thread does raise the question of what to do with old-to-the-threads worn tires. I hate throwing 'em away, one can only have so many tire boots handy.... so then what?
Al
10-20-06 | 12:56 PM
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But this thread does raise the question of what to do with old-to-the-threads worn tires. I hate throwing 'em away, one can only have so many tire boots handy.... so then what?
10-20-06 | 04:12 PM
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You could:
~cut 'em in to strips and weave them into a sweet doormat, rug, sock etc
~ring toss
~the old timey game where you roll a hoop down the street by wacking it with a stick
~hula hoop
the fun is endless!
jim
~cut 'em in to strips and weave them into a sweet doormat, rug, sock etc
~ring toss
~the old timey game where you roll a hoop down the street by wacking it with a stick
~hula hoop
the fun is endless!
jim
10-20-06 | 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by noisebeam
Correct.
But this thread does raise the question of what to do with old-to-the-threads worn tires. I hate throwing 'em away, one can only have so many tire boots handy.... so then what?
Al
But this thread does raise the question of what to do with old-to-the-threads worn tires. I hate throwing 'em away, one can only have so many tire boots handy.... so then what?
Al
There ya go, that eats up 18 of the old things... you are on your own for the rest.
Inner tubes I use as cheap bungie cords...
