Diy Bullet Proof Ceramic Plates

And tough as a hell.

Diy bullet proof ceramic plates.

Shooting the diy plate armor the second video is couch potato mike and i shooting the ballistic plate. In this video i show you the complete process i use to make a curved ballistic plate insert that could be used in a plate carrier. Only when an extremely low weight is required e g. I used a steel i beam piece a ceramic floor tile duck tape and a can of plastidip.

A thick ballistic steel plate over level iiia armor is also considered to be effective as level iii armor against light rifle fire. These small cracks can drastically decrease the integrity of the plate and reduce its chances of defeating multiple rounds. The ceramic tile was demolished. Is the preeminent ceramic armor material for ve hicular applications.

You start with plain white ceramic plates and use gold markers and gold star stickers to embellish them. Mix polyresin and the hardener and pour it over the ceramic tile plate and sheet metal ensuring that the sheet metal is placed on the bottom of the mold. In a shtf i would wear one of my diy ballistic plates over wearing nothing. The cost for this was around 30.

No bullets got through the plate. The second video is couch potato mike and i shooting the ballistic plate. Simple diy painted plates. This thing is heavy.

As a commercial domestic bullet proof system manufacturer jim richards isn t all that impressed with ceramics. Shooting the diy plate armor. Cut the fiberglass into 8 by 96 inch wide strips on a board covered with saran wrap. Level iv multi hit rifle ceramic body armor plates use a monolithic piece of ceramic that can produce small cracks throughout the body armor plate when hit by an m2ap round.

Ceramic plates fail to offer the weight advantages and ease of handling fabricators and installers enjoy with fiberglass based bullet proof panels. Once you heat these in the oven to set in the design they will stay designed for years and you can do them in various different colors if you want just use different colored markers. Beside these qualities other ceramic materials have also been considered and were examined intensive ly for the purpose of ballistic. Allow it to cure for three days.

For personal protec tion or for helicopters silicon carbide materials may be used.