Monolith 2001: XLPE

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Thanks Bill.

It only needs to last a few days. I wasn't thinking of sandwich as all this needs to fit into a suitcase.

Where do you buy your XLPE? My searches seem to only identify cable suppliers.
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bgreen wrote: Fri Jan 13, 2023 2:14 am Thanks Bill.

It only needs to last a few days. I wasn't thinking of sandwich as all this needs to fit into a suitcase.

Where do you buy your XLPE? My searches seem to only identify cable suppliers.
I get my XLPE in the US from the Foam Factory in Macomb, Michigan.
For short-term, XPS housing insulation (DuPont & Owens-Corning) with decent minimum compressive strength might be a good substitute for divinycell. XPS housing insulation has very low water absorption and is light.
Made a quick body board for the grandkids from the lowest density housing XPS insulation sheets — to my surprise it is still intact.
You can bond XPS effectively to other material surfaces with 3M 78 spray adhesive.
Found some divinycell data at this link;
http://www-eng.lbl.gov/~ecanderssen/Com ... _Man_M.pdf
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Thanks. I'm looking into XPS.
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Important tip for XLPE boards.
Don't lean them up against something in direct sun. The side that heats up warps toward the cool/shaded side.
Found that if I leaned the opposite (cooler/shaded) side out in the sun for 20-30 min in the same sun heat, it warped back.
Then I placed the board on a cool flat floor with a rectangular tub/container of water on top until the whole board cooled to room temp -- back to original flatness after.
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Chad Stickney riding my 42” channel-tail prototype @wacosurf_tx with @ebodyboarding, #texastubetour
Photo taken by Tony Prince at FB link below.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1729590105
(Video yet to come if I can figure out how to post it.)
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Second Wave
(Click link at bottom. Click first play arrow once, then the white play arrow on the black screen next.)
Chad Stickney is riding my 42” Channel-Tail prototype, moving down the line under the fluid awning.
@wacosurf_tx, with @ebodyboarding, #texastubetour
Video filmed by Vicki Reale
https://vimeo.com/876106440
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This is a CAD figure for the 48” Channel-Tail model. Channel size is the same in the 42” model ridden in the video previously linked and the photo above — board planshape is similar. The bottom surface inside the tail channel provides indirect rocker. The tail channel functions as a low-drag, finless fin.
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From Chad Stickney’s helmet cam while riding my 42-inch, channel-tail prototype at Waco Surf.

https://vimeo.com/889928158?share=copy
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