Basalt/PET Hybrid 3.7oz Woven Cloth

$13.50

This is the  NEXT STEP in ECO Surfboard cloths ! MIX BASALT and PET together to make a true performance cloth.

Basalt /PET 3oz cloth is easily laminated just like 4oz eglass but has the strength of Sglass in the vertical thread of the cloth and has the material of PET in the horizontal  this brings  amazing dampening properties in this performance cloth  - so less chatter on EPS boards 

What is Basalt?

Basalt is a hard dense volcanic rock.  It’s an igneous rock formed through the rapid cooling and solidification of lava.  Basalt fibre is produced in a continuous process using crushed basalt rock, the only raw material required for its manufacture.   It provides a good compromise between glass (20% stronger) and carbon (Not as brittle) 

Features

  • Strong impact protection – will not shatter like carbon fibre
  • Naturally UV resistant
  • Maintains its physical integrity in stressful situations
  • High tensile strength
  • Similar flex to Fibreglass performanc

What is PET Cloth

Billions of plastic bottles go into landfills every year. But now you can do something about it. Use a layer of this cloth in your next surfboard! This 3oz cloth is easy to use as a reinforcement layer on your deck without reducing the strength, (actually its stronger look at pics to see the graph)

This cloth is weaved in Australia with yarn from the most trusted,  performance fiber made from recycled materials. We're not just finding new life for recycled materials. Compared to making what's called virgin fiber, making PET Cloth emits fewer greenhouse gases and conserving water and energy in the process, as well as saving thousands of plastic bottles from our dumps and landfill sites. That makes a big difference for our future.

How the PET Cloth is made?

Step-by-Step

  1. Source Recycled Waste: Recycled plastic bottles and post-industrial waste are collected worldwide.
  2. Make the Chip: Waste material is chopped, ground, washed, melted and reformulated into high-quality PET chip.
  3. Form the Fiber: Chip is melted into liquid polymer and extruded through tiny openings in a spinneret, creating continuous filaments that form PET fiber.
  4. Process the Yarn: PET Fiber becomes yarn through spinning and air-jet texturing.
  5. Shipped to our Factory: Finished PET yarn goes into our Weaving machines right here in Australia (keeping local manufacturing jobs in Australia for  the surf industry ) , making a more sustainable Surfboard cloth  that has ever been on the market before !!

As per the pictures it has a white mesh like look and isn't clear. Also recommended to replacement of a layer of glass on the deck. As sanding into  the PET fibre would fluff up the cloth 

Try some on your next board today!!

    width :  27inch

    Made in Australia