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Cotton Canvas, Painted with oil based paint. *LINK*
By:William Cruz
Date: 4/2/2009, 10:05 pm
In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: skin went slack?? (Kudzu)

Kind of difficult to sew and work with, but it only gets tighter when wet and heat doesn't effect it like nylon. I think the wetting also helps the wood frame swell, helping to make the boat taught. I learned this from Mark Rogers... Suprior Kayaks in Wisconsin...he has his own recipe for paint mixing that affords a number of different colors too...I built our double as a week long workshop with the Man...he knows his stuff...and it was a life changing experience for me.
Bill Cruz

Superior Kayaks

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: skin went slack??
Kudzu -- 4/2/2009, 4:47 pm
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Scott Shurlow -- 4/3/2009, 6:45 pm
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Aaron H -- 4/3/2009, 12:17 pm
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Duane Strosaker -- 4/3/2009, 12:10 am
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Dave Gentry -- 4/3/2009, 6:24 am
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Duane Strosaker -- 4/3/2009, 9:46 am
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FrankP -- 4/3/2009, 8:14 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/3/2009, 12:20 am
Cotton Canvas, Painted with oil based paint. *LINK*
William Cruz -- 4/2/2009, 10:05 pm
Sew on a skin wet?
Kudzu -- 4/2/2009, 8:14 pm
Re: Sew on a skin wet?
Joy -- 4/4/2009, 3:05 pm
Re: Sew on a skin wet?
Brian Nystrom -- 4/3/2009, 9:43 am
Re: Sew on a skin wet?
Dave Gentry -- 4/2/2009, 9:09 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: skin went slack??
Dave Gentry -- 4/2/2009, 6:26 pm
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wwfloyd -- 4/2/2009, 7:06 pm
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Kudzu -- 4/2/2009, 8:02 pm
Polyester is great
Jay Babina -- 4/3/2009, 10:10 am
Well I was
Kudzu -- 4/3/2009, 10:21 am
Re: Polyester is great
Kudzu -- 4/3/2009, 10:19 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: skin went slack??
Brian Nystrom -- 4/3/2009, 9:37 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: skin went slack??
Kudzu -- 4/3/2009, 10:11 am
Happens all the time.
Brian Nystrom -- 4/2/2009, 6:01 pm