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Re: Material: luan vs okume
By:Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks
Date: 8/29/2003, 12:02 pm
In Response To: Re: Material: luan vs okume (Jay Babina)

: I think you spelled it wrong - it "brutal" not "brittle"
: at around 15 times the cost. I built a stitch and glue last winter using
: 1/8 Luan. I paid around $7 for a 4 x 8 and bought one extra sheet to cover
: me for the voids. That's $28. I stripped the deck. The veneer on the good
: side was excellent. and the bad side had no veneer voids. I actually
: couldn't believe the quality. I glassed the outside hull with 6 oz as well
: as seating area inside the cockpit. Only coated the rest of the inside
: with epoxy. Solid bulkheads. The hull is very strong. Okume is better
: quality, no doubt but for a stitch and glue that you are going to glass
: anyhow - why do it? Plus it's so hard to get.

I would strongly advise glassing luan inside and out. The inner plies can be questionable even if there are no voids. Also the glue is questionable in some batches. Glass will make the quality of the wood much less important. If you are going for really light weight, seal the inside with several coats of epoxy to be sure it is sufficiently sealed.

Messages In This Thread

Material: luan vs okume
Sage -- 8/29/2003, 1:23 am
thanks all and a little history
Sage -- 8/29/2003, 2:34 pm
Re: thanks all and a little history
C. Fronzek -- 8/29/2003, 8:45 pm
Re: thanks all and a little history
John -- 8/29/2003, 10:36 pm
Re: thanks all and a little history
Sage -- 8/29/2003, 11:47 pm
so how about some pictures?
Dan Ruff -- 8/29/2003, 2:44 pm
Re: so how about some pictures? *LINK*
Sage -- 8/29/2003, 5:39 pm
Very Cool!
Grant -- 8/29/2003, 7:13 pm
Re: Very Cool! *LINK*
Sage -- 8/29/2003, 7:42 pm
Re: Material: luan vs okume
Scott Ferguson -- 8/29/2003, 11:43 am
Re: Material: luan vs okume
Don Lucas -- 8/29/2003, 10:50 am
Re: Material: luan vs okume
Jay Babina -- 8/29/2003, 10:26 am
Re: Material: luan vs okume
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 8/29/2003, 12:02 pm
Re: Material: luan vs okume
Shawn Baker -- 8/29/2003, 6:09 pm
Re: Material: luan vs okume
Joe -- 8/29/2003, 10:39 am
Re: Material: luan vs okume
Dan G -- 8/29/2003, 8:40 am