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Re: Seeking: Clear vinyl skin question
By:Doug S
Date: 9/16/2009, 9:34 am
In Response To: Seeking: Clear vinyl skin question (Kudzu)

: I was asked to display a kayak frame in a local display. I have been thinking
: about a clear skin boat for show and tell anyway and this sounds like a
: good time to go ahead and build one. My question is how you join the
: vinyl? I am assuming you just glue (hh66) the seam? Maybe staples to hold
: the bottom in place and then glue the top to it at the gunwale?

The PVC fabric that Tom suggests is very similar to the clear vinyl. His site on skinning should explain everything:
http://www.yostwerks.com/WoodSOFSkinMenu.html

Messages In This Thread

Seeking: Clear vinyl skin question
Kudzu -- 9/16/2009, 8:45 am
Re: Seeking: Clear vinyl skin question *Pic*
Dave Gentry -- 9/16/2009, 10:44 am
More info please!!!
Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/16/2009, 12:52 pm
Re: More info please!!!
Bill Hamm -- 9/20/2009, 12:52 am
Re: More info please!!! *Pic*
Dave Gentry -- 9/16/2009, 2:35 pm
Re: More info please!!!
Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/16/2009, 2:46 pm
Re: More info please!!!
Glen Smith -- 9/16/2009, 7:25 pm
Re: More info please!!! *LINK*
Dave Gentry -- 9/16/2009, 7:33 pm
Re: More info please!!!
Dave Gentry -- 9/16/2009, 2:45 pm
Re: Seeking: Clear vinyl skin question
Doug S -- 9/16/2009, 9:34 am
Re: Seeking: Clear vinyl skin question
Dan Mouw -- 9/16/2009, 10:42 am