An alternative to FTC

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RaZias
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An alternative to FTC

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I found in a store in France that sells sheets of Polyester, it looks like 1,5 mm tick and it is 1,40 meters high. I think it could be rolled to make a tube of any diameter and glued with PL premium.

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Re: An alternative to FTC

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RaZias wrote:I found in a store in France that sells sheets of Polyester, it looks like 1,5 mm tick and it is 1,40 meters high. I think it could be rolled to make a tube of any diameter and glued with PL premium.

Here are the pictures:
plastic roll.jpg
rolo.jpg
This looks like a new idea that nobody else has ever explored. Good luck with the concept! Your work will definitely be something that a lot of people would be interested in following. Please post updates as you develop this idea! Thanks for sharing it with the rest of us!
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