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DIY Harness Padding?

Postby bgpeters » Tue Feb 10, 2015 4:46 pm

I'm putting the pieces together for a DIY Kite Harness similar to the Engine harness. The most difficult material to source is the 1/2" thick cushy foam base that would go under the final 3-5mm Lycra-on-Neoprene top layer.

What kind of closed cell foam is it? Where can I pick up a sheet?

I'd like to find the soft, squishy, foam you can feel inside the nicer life/impact vests. Is it Ensolite? Some kind of morphed Neoprene? I don't think it is XPE (cross linked polyethylene). I've seen some descriptions naming 'Aqualite PVC/PE'... what's that?

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Re: DIY Harness Padding?

Postby BWD » Tue Feb 10, 2015 4:57 pm

I think it's PE foam. 1/2" EVA under thickish neoprene would probably work well though and easy to source.


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