I've been googling around and although UHMWPE seems to be by far the most abrasion resistant I have been reading that Nylon is also extremely tough. I've been thinking about an approach and wanted to see if anyone had thoughts about whether it might work.
Dacron sailcloth (Rip-stop nylon) is really tough and seems pretty easy to get hold of. 2 problems are that its thin and epoxy doesn't bond to it well. According to google it melts at c. 270 degree Celcius. So I've been thinking of trying to make a bottom sheet out of it by heat bonding 3 or so layers of it. Domestic clothes irons may not be hot enough as it seems they only hit about 210 degress S on linen setting but a hot air gun would certainly do it.
I was thinking to use 3 layers of dacron and a layer of woven fibreglass. Heated to melting on a sheet of glass an pressed under another sheet of glass. The idea of the fibreglass is to create a better bonding surface with epoxy.
Alternatively I have read that hot glue melts at temperatures above the melting point of nylon and so has the potential to create a really good bond between layers of dacron.
Anyone tried something like this?