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![]() Lew Hodgett wrote: Only if you don't know what you are doing, in which case, you shouldn't try to build anyway. ......maybe my "foam is difficult to work with" comment was a mistake. But I do like plastic honeycomb core a lot better than sheet foam, in general, for a variety of reasons. Substantially better compression strength and durability is one such reason. Honeycomb core is easier to dovetail together too, in order to make extra-wide or extra-long panels, prior to the actual layup. For panels used to make seat tops and/or dory bottom panels, an equivalent amount of fabric and resin, applied over honeycomb core, makes a stiffer, stronger panel than the same layup applied over foam. .......in my experience anyway. I'd call it better stuff. |
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