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Re: Skin-on-Frame: temp skin choice
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 7/2/2008, 4:06 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: temp skin choice (Aaron H)

: Oh, I forgot to add: The lightweight polyester is easy to skin with. I
: managed to get a tremendous amount of stretch into the stuff I used (twill
: weave).

: The rustoleum added 10 lbs to the weight of a 10' x 24" kayak. That's
: reason enough to use a different coating!

: Light weight polyester should be perfect for a testing skin. Relatively easy
: to work with, more durable than cling wrap, and not so expensive that it
: will hurt to remove it for changes...

Unsure of what polyester you used, but I've seen aircraft with 20 year old covers that looked just liked they looked new and were still serviceable. They have to be tested for strength yearly too.

The aircraft fabric I've used has virtually zero stretch but is heat shrinkable.

Bill H.

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Skin-on-Frame: temp skin choice
Carl Delo -- 6/27/2008, 11:32 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: temp skin choice
HenkA -- 6/30/2008, 1:12 am
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Carl Delo -- 6/30/2008, 10:31 am
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Mike Savage -- 6/30/2008, 6:04 am
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Bill Hamm -- 6/30/2008, 1:48 am
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Carl Delo -- 6/30/2008, 12:30 am
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Sean -- 6/29/2008, 9:48 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: temp skin choice *LINK*
David Reekie -- 6/29/2008, 6:07 am
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Bill Hamm -- 6/29/2008, 1:17 am
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Bill Hamm -- 6/29/2008, 1:02 am
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Carl Delo -- 6/30/2008, 12:25 am
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Bill Hamm -- 6/30/2008, 1:46 am
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Carl Delo -- 6/30/2008, 9:48 am
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Bill Hamm -- 6/30/2008, 6:41 pm
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Carl Delo -- 7/1/2008, 11:11 pm
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Aaron H -- 7/2/2008, 3:43 pm
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Aaron H -- 7/2/2008, 3:49 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/2/2008, 4:06 pm
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Aaron H -- 7/2/2008, 5:41 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/3/2008, 9:02 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/3/2008, 1:26 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/2/2008, 1:56 am
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Carl Delo -- 7/2/2008, 9:42 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/3/2008, 1:24 am
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Michael McCluskey -- 6/28/2008, 4:22 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 6/28/2008, 2:49 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: temp skin choice *Pic*
Tom Yost -- 6/28/2008, 11:02 am
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Carl Delo -- 6/30/2008, 12:19 am
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Pete Notman -- 6/28/2008, 4:24 am
pedantic pete pallet wrap vs grocery size *Pic*
Pete Notman -- 6/28/2008, 8:19 pm