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Re: Material: Alternative to fabric for Coaming...
By:David Hill
Date: 5/5/2003, 7:06 am

Thanks for the encouragement and hints.

I layed up the coaming on Saturday and as I mentioned I layed down 4 layers of 6oz. glass, 1 layer of cotton fabric, and 3 more of the 6oz.

Originally I wondered if bias cut cotton would stretch around the 3 major compound curves in the coaming and found out it was just too tightly woven for than. I ended up cutting the cloth into 2" strips and layed them down overlapping each other.

After a day to cure it looks marvelous. The cloth is deep blue with 1/4" yellow squares surrounding a red dot. This pattern repeats every inch or so. The contrast with the luan deck of my Cirrus should be nice. I'm really excited to get it trimmed and mounted to see just how it looks on the finished deck.

Best, Dave

: Sure--great idea!

: I used some muslin cloth in the glass seat for my Guillemot. I think LeeG has
: used a favorite flannel shirt for color in a glass seat.

: The epoxy will bond through the holes in the cloth to the glass on either
: side...I don't think weakness will be a worry.

: Test a small swatch of fabric to make sure the print is colorfast in epoxy!

: shawn

Messages In This Thread

Material: Alternative to fabric for Coaming...
David Hill -- 5/2/2003, 9:09 pm
Re: Material: Alternative to fabric for Coaming...
Shawn Baker -- 5/4/2003, 12:21 pm
Re: Material: Alternative to fabric for Coaming...
David Hill -- 5/5/2003, 7:06 am
Re: Material: Alternative to fabric for Coaming...
Randy Oswald -- 5/5/2003, 2:54 pm
Re: Material: Alternative to fabric for Coaming...
JeffHouser -- 5/2/2003, 9:37 pm