10mm Core Material

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Features:

• Adds thickness and stiffness without excessive weight
• Can be used in place of timber (no rot)
• Can be drilled into and accepts fixings once laminated
• Soft and conformable when wet out, allowing it to shape and overlap easily
• Excellent bonding to glass skins due to open structure

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Technical Snapshot:

• Core type: Non‑woven structural core mat
• Thickness: 10 mm
• Width: 1270 mm
• Weight: 330 gsm
• Material: Glass veil, volumised thermoplastic microspheres
• Resin compatibility: Polyester & Vinyl Ester
• Application: Hand lay‑up
• Brand: Spherecore

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Quick Tips:

• Calculate resin required – ratio is ~4.5kg per square metre
• Laminate glass layer
• Pre-wet the zig-zag side of the core material using around 50% of required amount of resin
• Place wet (zig-zag) side down on first glass layer
• Wet out core material with rest of resin (lamb wool roller works well here)
• Shape wet core material
• Add top glass layers

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