[Ian Brooks Posts: 3612 Status: Offline]

I wouldn’t use Tricast again, it delaminates in time. PET is much better - after 12 years of hard life, my PET based hull has no delaminating at all. And much more forgiving in the event of ‘incidents’ because it has much better elongation before failure. 60kg/M^3 PET can be used for upper areas.

[Al Posts: 1019 Status: Offline WWW]

Anything above tricast  4 is ok for structural.  Tricast 6 is the strongest of the tricast range.  Tricast 4 is quite dusty.  None of the Tricast range bend very well. 

[joncurtis Posts: 2098 Status: Offline]

Ive asked this before, but my memory is not what it was.
i need to purchase some foam core materials and cost seems to be high for the posh stuff.
PET 100, seems like the good stuff, and would consider making the floor out of this and some structural components.
is there a cheaper alternative for things like the seating, the craft i am making is going to have a center console, bit like a rib.
what density of tri cast is teh correct one to use? is it tri cast 6?
are there any cheaper alternatives?