Wonderflex Made Armor

topic posted Sun, March 16, 2008 - 9:29 AM by  offlineBrian
Just curious if anyone here has by chance worked with our Wonderflex thermoplastic material in the making of armor. I helped develop this material years ago from the manufacturing and industrial side of things along with Fosshape, another heat activated product, then intoduced them to Dazian Fabrics www.dazian.com

Heres a finished example of Wonderflex made armor in this link....
captainsfolly.deviantart.com/art...9585

If anyone wants more info or swatches to experiment with ....let me know.
The Thermoman of Dazian
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Brian
New Hampshire
  • Re: Wonderflex Made Armor

    Tue, March 18, 2008 - 1:46 PM
    I do some LARPing on the side and I see wonderflex working more for boffer combat then the SCA, so how does this stuff work?
    Apply it to a form then heat it with a heat gun?
    btw the Dawn armor is awesome great work

    thx
    • Re: Wonderflex Made Armor

      Mon, March 24, 2008 - 8:37 AM
      Just not sure about Wonderflex use for SCA.....as I'm not sure if anyone has actually tried it out for this use. Light weight and flexible so you can contour it to just about any shape. Yes, you activate it with industrial hot air heat gun or even in real hot water (just under boiling). For less flexiblity, but more structural support and impact resistance it can be layered up as well. Sounds like we need someone to experiment a little with it. Would be glad to send swatches.

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