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Re: Skin-on-Frame: skin went slack??
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: skin went slack?? (Duane Strosaker)
: 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.
This is why I cover with 4 ounce heat shrink dacron followed by 4 ounce glass, makes for a skin as tough as nylon that stays tight.
Bill H.
Messages In This Thread
- Skin-on-Frame: skin went slack??
Kudzu -- 4/2/2009, 4:47 pm- Re: Skin-on-Frame: skin went slack??
Scott Shurlow -- 4/3/2009, 6:45 pm- Re: Skin-on-Frame: skin went slack??
Aaron H -- 4/3/2009, 12:17 pm- Re: Skin-on-Frame: skin went slack??
Duane Strosaker -- 4/3/2009, 12:10 am- Re: Skin-on-Frame: skin went slack??
Dave Gentry -- 4/3/2009, 6:24 am- Re: Skin-on-Frame: skin went slack??
Duane Strosaker -- 4/3/2009, 9:46 am- Re: Skin-on-Frame: skin went slack??
FrankP -- 4/3/2009, 8:14 am - Re: Skin-on-Frame: skin went slack??
- Re: Skin-on-Frame: skin went slack??
Bill Hamm -- 4/3/2009, 12:20 am - Re: Skin-on-Frame: skin went slack??
- 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: Sew on a skin wet?
- Re: Skin-on-Frame: skin went slack??
Dave Gentry -- 4/2/2009, 6:26 pm- Re: Skin-on-Frame: skin went slack??
wwfloyd -- 4/2/2009, 7:06 pm- Re: Skin-on-Frame: skin went slack??
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: Polyester is great
- 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
- Well I was
- Polyester is great
- Re: Skin-on-Frame: skin went slack??
- Happens all the time.
Brian Nystrom -- 4/2/2009, 6:01 pm - Re: Skin-on-Frame: skin went slack??
- Re: Skin-on-Frame: skin went slack??
