Thanks, and yes, using fiberglass as a strike face works quite well. Just haven’t been able to stop the .308 in this manner yet.

@Armor-Innovations Just watched a few of your videos. They are really good. Really loved the last one. If you ever need me to test or video anything just let me know.

Thanks a lot! Look up Rock West Composites Tri-Weave. Maybe you can make a composite plate out of this and compare it to other composites you have made?

@@Armor-Innovations will do 👍

Thats pretty cool, are you up for having plates sent to you

I use epoxy resin to hold it all together which is too brittle for bulletproof glass. However, I have a video where I make and show the build for bulletproof glass.

All those questions can definitely attribute to strength. However, I’ve also found that lots of time working with the same material it’s easy to overthink the endless possibilities of application. I will add that I’ve realized it’s usually not how many layers of the material but the final total thickness.

​@@3RBallisticsI'd imagine how well you compress the fiberglass plays a huge part too. Poor compression or not doing a vacuum could lead to greater inconsistencies. I need to see more!

That is a pretty interesting idea to reduce weight, some kind of composite using both, but I don't think it gets to stop rifle rounds, both of these materials alone need to be very thick to stop a rifle round.

Unfortunately, epoxy does not adhere to UHMWPE. At a pistol rating of 3A, I can get UHMWPE to delaminate with 3 shots of 44 mag.

​@@3RBallistics try 40 layers and add a ceramic strike face, Capri classic is a good ceramic tile for body armor, adding 2 layers and using loctite construction adhesive to keep them together

@@Bryant-gi5sx I have a very similar plate to this I tested in another one of my videos.

@@3RBallistics then maybe I should watch more of your videos before commenting, lol. Really you do great stuff tho!

​@@3RBallisticsI've seen a few of HDPE being wrapped in fiberglass. Sometimes with a steel plate too. Works best in combination with something. Id take a little extra weight and thickness if it means i can take more hits comfortably. I have 5 kids I need to protect more than anything.

Yes, I should’ve linked it in the description but I have made multiple videos showing how it’s made and what it’s made of kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i7SaatqcmpbNm58.htmlsi=5yH9gIC9ojrB0DeU

Fiberglass is what the welding blanket is made of. However, I am in the testing phase of using fiberglass as a strike face and Kevlar as an absorption layer with the hopes of stopping rifle rounds.

@@3RBallistics I can't wait how it goes on video. Keep it rolling ✅

@@3RBallistics well, from my observation from other KZfaqrs... welding blanket is much thicker than ordinary fibreglass made one at a time... Maybe just maybe, it could be more resistant to impact 🤞🏻

@@tontosilver6578 I’ll really have to look into that. The ironic thing is that I do light welding and have the Harbor Freight welding blanket in my shop.

No doubt. The video was just to show the characteristics of each material. Just out of curiosity, how do you plant to keep your layers of UHMWPE together?

Getting uhmwpe is one thing, making a bullet resistant panel is a completely different thing 😅 but I would definitely like to experiment with it

@@hhkk6155 tbh its really not rocket science. industrially they use big heated presses that have lots of thermal mass and sometimes use steam to transfer heat better... but there was a guy on yt who showed you could literally put a few layers between wax baking paper and apply a clothes iron on medium to them and stop 9mm easy. there is also a video done by check me out now or something where he shows the complete wrong way to do it which is by putting layers of regular HWMPE grocery bags in between two baking trays that are clamped and putting in a way too hot oven for way too long. i dont even think he understood that Poly ethelyene has directional strength and he neglected to alternate their orientation. its no wonder he had such poor results. the uhmwpe comes all weaved/oriented for you. just dont cook the crap out of it and depolyermise it into short chains. that defeats the purpose of how carefully its made. look up gel forming uhmwpe for a good understanding... but ya gentle heating and not doing too many layers at a time is what u need. if ur unsure they acutally work pretty well just loosely stacked togeather. thats actually better than epoxy since epoxy changes the speed of sound in them which from the papers ive read is the most important paramater of their term balist performance

I have made a few soft panels but have not put much effort into this. However, I still have all the materials so maybe I’ll just continue what I started and see how sowing a few of those layers together works out.

@@3RBallistics Ty for answering on my question. Yah, it should not be complicated to make, it dose not involve resins or ceramic tiles. I m really interested to see how the polyester fabric will work. I had some polyester fabric laying around and i folded it up and about 30 layers should be the optimal thickens for comfort and flexibility, but for efficiency you should go higher than 30. The one i have its really strong to tear and abrasion, it s called something with oxford. I m looking foreword for the video.

You can see how I built them in this previous video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i7SaatqcmpbNm58.htmlsi=-ei1068TWPJSadF7

Resin will not “stick” to polyethylene. UHMWPE needs to be hot pressed to for a ridged bond. That’s also why PE usually delaminates after a few high energy hits. It’s a very slippery material that does not bond well with most common adhesives.

the lack of resin is why UHMWPE is so much lighter than fiberglass. Manufacturers like it because its a lot less messy to work with. You need a massive press to make the layers bond though. This is also why you don't see any UHMWPE ballistic wall or vehicle armor panels but you do for fiberglass.

Sure, I’d give it a try. I just did a 1/2 aluminum vs mild steel vs stainless steel vs ar500 video that you can see here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jsp3kpqQ3LuUh5s.htmlsi=mWyNeO-XVY3aCqt1

@@3RBallistics спасибо, мы это смотрели, если можете сделайте тест с патроном 7.62×54r. Благодарю вас , за интересный канал!❤👍👌👏💪🌏.

Брат,ecли можно проведите тест, 7.62×54r на пробитие 12.7мм железной плиты, 50метров. удачи!❤

I already have a video like this in the works. I’m using fiberglass as the strike face and PE as a backing 👍

@@3RBallistics cool 👍 will be waiting it

It is .4 inches thick. I usually just call it 1/2 inch thick

He said 1 centimeter 😆

I actually have tried making my own tiles. It’s not as easy as it looks without firing them to proper temperature in a kiln. However, I may try another round of this because I have found a place that may let me use their kiln.

@@3RBallistics Sounds like you are on top of it. I look forward to your next efforts.

Ballistic ceramic plates are not made of clay. It's usually aluminium oxide + additives.

It actually is. BAM on sells there’s on eBay as well as countless other companies. However, besides BAM, most other manufacturers only sell them as wall panels to protect rooms and such.

About 8 ounces of total boat brand epoxy resin.

I believe I go over all of that in this previous video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i7SaatqcmpbNm58.htmlsi=58b1Ee27TzTKYgt_

He has a build video here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i7SaatqcmpbNm58.html