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Re: Skin-on-Frame: many ways to skin a kayak
By:Brian Nystrom
Date: 4/18/2009, 3:52 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: many ways to skin a kayak *LINK* (Daniel from sweden)

: I will test 3 coats of zar and otop of that 1 coat of coelan, I will post the
: results longterm and shortterm.

That's similar to the method that Bill Lowe used on his commercial SOF boats. He sealed the fabric (13 oz. polyester) with multiple coats of oil-based ZAR, then applied a top coat of a two-part polyurethane (Gaco UA-7000). I can attest to the fact that his boat skins were incredibly durable

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Skin-on-Frame: many ways to skin a kayak
Daniel from sweden -- 4/18/2009, 2:52 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: many ways to skin a kayak
Dave Gentry -- 4/18/2009, 9:39 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: many ways to skin a kayak *LINK*
Daniel from sweden -- 4/18/2009, 11:38 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: many ways to skin a kayak
Brian Nystrom -- 4/18/2009, 3:52 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: many ways to skin a kayak
Kudzu -- 4/18/2009, 8:34 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: many ways to skin a kayak
Ken Blanton -- 4/18/2009, 8:41 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: many ways to skin a kayak
Kudzu -- 4/19/2009, 7:58 am