westinghouse micarta

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i have some that looks dark red outside( from 20 + years on a machine shop shelf ) and is baby do do... mmmm yellow when polished out everyone thinks it looks like bone that don't know .. my question is ... the micarta i see that is claimed to be westinghouse micarta has this layered effect .... i can tell you the WE micarta i have is in big slabs and has cloth in the layers ... there is no way to get that layer effect because the cloth can't lay like that .. i've got a couple o pictures i can show you if can figure how to post um ... o the knife i stuck in aint bad either ... the micarta i have is very old like 20 plus years a lot of discolotation to the red side on outer surface but when you sand it down it changes to baby doooo well we went through that ... realy what is westinghouse micarta ? how is it defined ?
 
Sounds like WE Micarta to me. I believe Westinghouse was the first to come up with the Micarta type products, and I believe Micarta is a Westinghouse registered name. They were meant as electrical insulators.
I suggest a web search on Micarta. There are several kinds of Micarta: rag, linnen, canvas, and paper. They come in several different quality classes. They usually have a phenolic resin base and layered fillers. I also have some of the Micarta you described, mine is in 3foot by 4 foot sheets 1/4". Makes very durable grips. Not the prettiest but still very usable.
Jim Arbuckle
 
Uh...you boys could send me some of that to try, been looking for some for a while. when you say "baby pooo" does it look like aged ivory?
Thanks,
 
I have some similar. The color is called "Natural" It is probably linen based.

Micarta is a trade name (like Coke) for the pheloic products made by Westinghouse.
That is why you see other companies with different names for the same type of material.
 
Stag & Steel said:
Uh...you boys could send me some of that to try, been looking for some for a while. when you say "baby pooo" does it look like aged ivory?
Thanks,
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Shoot me an email, we can discuss this.

Jim A.

PS What part of the state are you in, I have family in the South East corner?
 
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