Cord wrapping & Micarta

Tim-Gabz

Tim-Gabz

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I am looking to soak my paracord bound knife handles in Micarta. The paracord gets grubby in the short term and needs cleaning and rewrapping. I hope to achieve the best of cord wrapping and Micarta. Am I barking up the wrong tree? :)
 
Can't soak a handle in Micarta. Micarta is a solid material made of either paper or several types of fabric and phenol resin. I think you have you nomanclature wrong.
 
Can't really soak it in phenolic resin. At least I would not. Stuff is NASTY for your health.

Lots of info here for using Epoxy and CA though. But we can't really answer his question until we know for sure what it is.
 
Thanks Guys,

I was hoping to dip the whole wrapped handle in the phenol resin. Over wrapping it in the cloth may just be better for my health.
 
Larry Nowicki does an awesome job with cord wrapped handles. Maybe he can offer some tips on securing it.
Scott
 
Wrap your handle first. Don't dip it. There will be to much left. I use the west system epoxy. Just paint it on with a small brush. I get mine from the marine store.

Larry
 
Thanks guys,

I used a fast setting epoxy, thinned and painted on so that it soaked in. Brushed along the wrapp and it is now setting. Will post pics when it dries.

Thanks Again.
 
Another great product to harden cloth and cord is nitrate dope.I used to use it to make canvas kayaks and canoes.It is what makes piper cub planes skin hard.You can get it by the gallon at the parts and repair hanger at any private plane air strip.You can probably get it through a major industrial paint supplier,too.You can get it in 4oz. bottles at a RC hobby shop (they use it to harden the skin on model planes).I think it would melt nylon,so test it on your cord it it is not a natural fiber like cotton,jute,or silk.Just brush it on,thinned as needed,and let it dry (it dries FAST).Use LOTS of ventilation.Multiple thinned coats are stronger that one thick coat.
 
Thanks guys, I have managed a grip that I believe has no equals. It holds like chewing gum on a hot path does to a takkie. However due to first try it is also fugly. The bright red paracord looks permanently wet and for other triers, take time to dilute the epoxy well and do it in several layers or the cords will form ripples that an octogenarian mother of twelve would be embarrassed to have.

Next try will be to pre-soak the cord of green blue, purge the excess by squeezing it, then rap it around the handle. Good for a laugh. ;)
 
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