Re: Skin-on-Frame: kayak building class pictures
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: kayak building class pictures (kelly t)
: Bill
: The pics look great. Congrats on a nice build, and on getting more folks into
: building their own watercraft...
: You mention the use of epoxy/glass on a skin-on-frame build. Is this the
: method you had mentioned some time ago with a lightweight skin, perhaps
: Dacron, covered with 'glass and epoxy?
: kelly t
Hi Kelly,
Yes, this is the way I cover SOF's, 3 ounce heat shrunk aircraft dacron covered with 4 ounce fiberglass. Gives a very strong skin that's still quite flexible and is fairly easy to apply. Weighs just about the same as other methods of covering.
Bill H.
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- Skin-on-Frame: kayak building class pictures *Pic*
Bill Hamm -- 3/8/2009, 1:58 pm- Re: Skin-on-Frame: kayak building class pictures
John F Monroe -- 3/10/2009, 4:43 am- Re: Skin-on-Frame: kayak building class pictures
Bill Hamm -- 3/11/2009, 12:54 am
- Re: Skin-on-Frame: kayak building class pictures *Pic*
Bill Hamm -- 3/8/2009, 1:59 pm- Re: Skin-on-Frame: kayak building class pictures
Bill Hamm -- 3/8/2009, 2:07 pm- Re: Skin-on-Frame: kayak building class pictures
kelly t -- 3/11/2009, 6:26 pm- Re: Skin-on-Frame: kayak building class pictures
Bill Hamm -- 3/12/2009, 12:27 am- Re: Skin-on-Frame: kayak building class pictures
Bill Hamm -- 3/12/2009, 12:26 am - Re: Skin-on-Frame: kayak building class pictures
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Will Clarke -- 3/8/2009, 9:21 pm- Re: Skin-on-Frame: kayak building class pictures
Bill Hamm -- 3/9/2009, 2:10 am- Re: Skin-on-Frame: kayak building class pictures
Will Clarke -- 3/9/2009, 8:42 am- Re: Skin-on-Frame: kayak building class pictures
Bill Hamm -- 3/10/2009, 12:38 am
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Mike Savage -- 3/8/2009, 5:57 pm - Re: Skin-on-Frame: kayak building class pictures
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