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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Canvas sealing question
By:Emile Zen
Date: 7/9/2003, 2:04 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Canvas sealing question (Paul G. Jacobson)

Their website also lists the following:

Marine-Grade Polyester: With a breathable acrylic coating, this woven fabric repels water and withstands extended outdoor exposure. Commonly used for truck and boat covers and tarps.

Does anyone have experience using this material to skin a boat? How does it compare with PVC reinforced vinyl? (For example, is it just as water-repellant but more breathable?) And is there any difference between "vinyl coated" and "vinyl laminated" besides the thickness of the material?

Thanks,

Emile

: Install a PVC reinforced vinyl fabric (check Mcmaster-Carr at
: www.mcmaster.com and seach for "vinyl laminated" and go to the
: catalog page.) or you can also find neoprene coated nylon and polyurethane
: coated nylon there, too.

: PGJ

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Canvas sealing question
Pete Staehling -- 6/17/2003, 6:53 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Canvas sealing question
Paul G. Jacobson -- 6/18/2003, 1:31 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Canvas sealing question
Emile Zen -- 7/9/2003, 2:04 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Canvas sealing question
Paul G. Jacobson -- 7/9/2003, 5:05 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Canvas sealing question
Emile Zen -- 7/10/2003, 2:57 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: skin
Paul G. Jacobson -- 7/10/2003, 9:26 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Canvas sealing question
West -- 6/17/2003, 11:50 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Canvas sealing question
Terry Hanson -- 6/17/2003, 7:42 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Canvas sealing question
Arko Bronaugh -- 6/17/2003, 9:46 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Canvas sealing question
Terry Hanson -- 6/18/2003, 10:22 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Canvas sealing question
Arko Bronaugh -- 6/18/2003, 11:48 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Canvas sealing question
Arko Bronaugh -- 6/18/2003, 11:51 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Canvas sealing question
Terry Hanson -- 6/18/2003, 4:00 pm
Thanks Terry. *NM*
Arko Bronaugh -- 6/18/2003, 7:56 pm