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John Fereira
 
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Default Corelite (canoe hull material)

Al D wrote in news:ap40a2th2cqpla1pc93al5muav2n3eipvu@
4ax.com:

On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 16:54:42 GMT, "Michael Daly"
wrote:

Royalex, if I have it right, is vinyl coated ABS.


I think you may be right. I think it is Royalex-Lite which has the
foam core, in retrospect.


Actually Royalex-lite is an ABS-foam-ABS sandwich fused to a color
impregnated vinyl outer coating. Here's a site which describes it well.

http://gorp.away.com/gorp/activity/p.../exp032801.htm