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Oct 15, 2010 at 9:27 pm #1655043
What is the difference between nylon 6 and nylon 66? And how would you tell the difference between them.
ThanksPaul, does AHE sell fabrics?
Oct 16, 2010 at 2:45 am #1655107'Nylon 66: Material with a higher mechanical strength, stiffness, heat and wear resistance than Nylon 6. It also has a better creep resistance but its impact strength and mechanical damping ability are reduced. Well suited for machining on automatic lathes.'
I am not sure I have seen Nylon 6 used for fabric. Nylon 66 yes.
Cheers
Oct 16, 2010 at 2:44 pm #1655179Momentum and Intrepid are type 6. FWIW. Although supposedly a few people are using it for hammock bodies.
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