Armour coatings

[plargen]

isn't hardox quite expensive tho, i used lengthe of flat bar 5X80X1000mm and a piece of 5X100X400 to make the side Armour of scruffy 2 and it didn't cost much

[typhoon_driver]

Only if you go hunting out the 3.2mm stuff. The 4mm and 5mm stuff is cheap as steel as that's all it is

[plargen]

wheres the best place to get it from

looking on the net i have found somewhere that does carbon steel and various other alloys might contact them and see if they have any off cuts i could get cheap

[typhoon_driver]

I get mine from JL steels although they are based in Stirling. May be somewhere closer to you that sells it. Google it

[PJ-27]

Has anyone any experience of Raex? It comes up as a sponsored ad when your search for Hardox, just looks like another Wear Steel.

Has anyone any experience of Kevlar armour coating? Would it be worth while?

[Bacon Wizard]

There is some in use, and it works at the same thicknesses as steel.

There are differing opinions, but so far it looks good.

you might be well advised to use a kevlar/carbon fibre combo (as am I) so thst you're not relying on kevlar for structural integrety: it's not designed for that.

​J