what is micarta made of
Homemade Micarta. Micarta is a composite made from layers of various materials and held together by a plastic resin. The materials can be nearly anything, including cloth, paper, fiberglass or carbon fiber.Micarta is actually a brand, but like Kleenex is to facial tissue, nearly all similar examples are referred to by this name.f course, there are lots of examples of homemade Micarta to be found, and a Google search turned up some really amazing samples. What I wanted to do that is different is to press the layers of cloth into a convoluted shape with a wooden form.