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Re: Skin-on-Frame: skin went slack??
By:Duane Strosaker
Date: 4/3/2009, 12:10 am
In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: skin went slack?? (Kudzu)

How many times have I heard this complaint about nylon? How many years have people been skinning with nylon, and the method is still not figured out? I've even heard of nylon being too tight and damaging the frame when dry. That's why on my current build I'm going back to good old #10 cotton duck, which has the wonderful property of tightening when wet. People used it for decades and the only complaints were a little mildew and only lasting 5 years. Sounds good to me.

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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
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Joy -- 4/4/2009, 3:05 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 4/3/2009, 9:43 am
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Dave Gentry -- 4/2/2009, 9:09 pm
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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