![]() ![]() The melting point of Dacron is a high 256 degrees Celsius (496 degrees Fahrenheit).įinally, here's a not-so-technical fact.This is repeated many times, giving the chain its long length. Each linear chain consists of 10 carbon atoms, 8 hydrogen atoms, and 4 oxygen atoms in a group.The molecules are very long linear chains that cross link to each other.It's a condensation polymer obtained from ethylene glycol and terephthalic acid.It is so popular now that people tend to call polyester lines Dacroninstead. The name Dacron is a registered name for polyester under a company. The scientific name for this material is polyethylene terephthalate. In the world of kites, you may hear the name Dacron used frequently, and so you should.Suspect you would rather just glance at the list to take it all in, inīraided flying line up there in the photo-in its natural color.Ī long paragraph of technical data would be hard going, so here's another list: Diamond Braided Dacron Line Starting at: 36.99 FINS Hollow Core Braid Starting at: 188.99 Tuf-Line Guides Choice Hollow Braid Starting at: 114.99 Seaguar Threadlock Hollow Core Braid Starting at: 99.99 PowerPro Hollow Ace Spectra Starting at: 25.49 Diamond G3 Hollow Core Braid Starting at: 81. The above info in several places, often buried in long paragraphs. You could spend 30 minutes or so wandering the Web to find all "The rest, as they say, is history." Yeah I know, that's a tired old cliche.DuPont moved to mass production in its huge Kinston, North Carolina, plant in 1953.With modified nylon technology, a DuPont pilot plant in Seaford,ĭelaware produced a version of Terylene they called Dacron fiber.DuPont purchased the US rights to Terylene in 1945 for further development.Whinfield and Dickinson invented a new high-melting-point polyester in 1941.Dickinson were inspired by the work of Carothers. The latter material has since become so common that "nylon" (note the lower-case n) is now a generic term. Carothers invented Neoprene in 1930 and Nylon in 1935.The 1929 writings of Wallace Carothers about polymers led to the discovery of polyesters.To make it more digestible, how about a list! Here we go: The only exceptions were the Paper Series and Indoor Series designs which fly on polyester sewing-thread :-) We flew most of our MBK kites on braided Dacron. ![]() The Big MBK E-book Bundle is a collection of downloads- printable PDF files which provide step-by-step instructions for many kites large and small. ![]() Want to know the most convenient way of using it all? On this site, there's more kite-making info than you can poke a stick at :-) ![]()
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