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aggie79 wrote:This is from the Library of Congress. In WWII, Western Trailer Company made wartime trailer housing - essentially travel trailers - using molded paper components. From the LOC website:
tony.latham wrote:Alternative to canvass...
Somebody invented fiberglass last year. I have yet to see a peel test on it though.
Tony
Paper of forty pounds weight runs from rolls to a tent containing a glue-like solution.
The finished wells are covered with an asphaltic preservative paint."
And thus the wink.RJ Howell wrote:tony.latham wrote:Alternative to canvass...
Somebody invented fiberglass last year. I have yet to see a peel test on it though.
Tony
Still LOL... Leave to you Tony!!
RJ Howell wrote:Paper layups is around everywhere. Mostly I see brown paperbag or drafting paper (large media printing now). Saves on doing many, upon many layers. Then comes the issue of the hardness of the final product and if, when said and done, it's as strong as fiberglass & resin.
I know one person that did a floor with TBll and paper bags. Then urethane over. Lasted for a couple years and the cracks appeared on the plywood seams. I was pretty excited about it and almost did my dining room floor (it looked like leather at first). Happy I waited.
Test this out before just jumping in! I see the seams as the weak points.
tony.latham wrote:Alternative to canvass...
Somebody invented fiberglass last year. I have yet to see a peel test on it though.
Tony
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