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Re: Bash plates
By:Shawn Baker
Date: 4/23/2003, 10:00 am
In Response To: Bash plates (Don Flowers)

: If you want to get really serious, you can get matting shapped for the bash
: areas on the bow and stern, soak it and put it on. It goes on about the
: same as Shawn described, looks ugly but stands up to the rigors of
: tripping and whitewater.

John R. Sweet seems to have the best prices on Kevlar felt, from what I've seen.

You need SHARP scissors to cut it!!

Don, do you like holding the kevlar down with plastic wrap; or leave it sticking up, hairy, and resin-heavy? I was doing a really nice job putting skid plates on a whole fleet of livery boats once, and the owner told me it wouldn't be as tough unless I left the Kevlar hairy and used about 2x a much resin. :(

shawn

Messages In This Thread

S&G: Bottom Rash *LINK* *Pic*
Kurt Maurer -- 4/22/2003, 11:27 am
Re: S&G: Bottom Rash
Robert N Pruden -- 4/24/2003, 1:39 am
Re: S&G: Bottom Rash
Dave S -- 4/23/2003, 6:20 pm
Re: S&G: Bottom Rash *LINK*
Kurt Maurer -- 4/23/2003, 7:47 pm
Re: S&G: Bottom Rash
srchr/gerald -- 4/22/2003, 4:22 pm
Re: S&G: Bottom Rash *LINK* *Pic*
Kurt Maurer -- 4/22/2003, 6:27 pm
Re: S&G: Bottom Rash *LINK*
srchr/gerald -- 4/22/2003, 7:39 pm
Re: S&G: Bottom Rash
LeeG -- 4/22/2003, 9:42 pm
Re: S&G: Bottom Rash
Myrl Tanton -- 4/22/2003, 3:13 pm
Re: S&G: Bottom Rash
Jeff The Tall -- 4/22/2003, 1:55 pm
Re: S&G: Bottom Rash
Jason -- 4/22/2003, 1:33 pm
Re: S&G: Bottom Rash
Chris McD -- 4/22/2003, 1:32 pm
Re: S&G: Bottom Rash
LeeG -- 4/22/2003, 1:14 pm
Re: Preventing Bottom Rash with Glass Layers
Shawn Baker -- 4/22/2003, 1:57 pm
Bash plates
Don Flowers -- 4/22/2003, 11:06 pm
Re: Bash plates
Shawn Baker -- 4/23/2003, 10:00 am
Re: Bash plates
Don Flowers -- 4/23/2003, 11:06 am
Re: Bash plates
Shawn Baker -- 4/23/2003, 1:09 pm
Re: Bash plates
Don Flowers -- 4/23/2003, 4:19 pm
Re: Bash plates
David Hanson -- 4/23/2003, 12:21 pm
layer order?
Randy Knauff -- 4/22/2003, 5:25 pm
Re: layer order?
Shawn Baker -- 4/22/2003, 8:04 pm
Re: Preventing Bottom Rash with Glass Layers
LeeG -- 4/22/2003, 2:08 pm
Re: S&G: Bottom Rash
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/22/2003, 11:59 am
Re: S&G: Bottom Rash
Shawn Baker -- 4/22/2003, 11:54 am