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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Best Skin - Best price?
By:Dave Gentry
Date: 10/5/2009, 6:50 pm
In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: Best Skin - Best price? (Tim Foley)

: Hi all,
: I am building my second kayak but first SOF (Mr. Yost Sea Ranger). I'm
: building it as a wood frame and I am about ready to skin it. I'd like to
: get a tight fitting skin w/o sewing so I'm thinking PVC with glue seams.
: Does anyone know the best place to buy this stuff? I live in Atlanta, but
: will buy from any where if needed.
: Also are there any alternatives? Are there materials that can be "heat
: shrunk" to fit? I see Bill Hamm's Dacron, but I want to keep it
: light....But I'm opened to suggestions. Thanks in advance for the help.
: Tim

I vote for nylon or - preferably - polyester instead of PVC. You can get a very tight fit, and you can apply it just like the PVC (2 pieces, hull and deck, both stapled to the gunwales, which are then covered with a decorative rubrail), with no sewing. The polyester, at least, can be heat shrunk enough to remove any wrinkles.
George Dyson is my go-to guy for fabric, but there are other options. GDyson@Gmail.com
You can get the PVC fabric from Mauritzon.com
The recommended Masik article is excellent.

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Skin-on-Frame: Best Skin - Best price?
Tim Foley -- 10/5/2009, 2:28 pm
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Scott Shurlow -- 10/6/2009, 8:21 pm
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Kudzu -- 10/6/2009, 10:33 pm
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Tim Foley -- 10/7/2009, 7:57 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Best Skin - Best price? *Pic*
Tom Yost -- 10/7/2009, 9:43 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/10/2009, 1:44 am
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Tim Foley -- 10/7/2009, 1:01 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Best Skin - Best price? *LINK*
Tom Yost -- 10/7/2009, 2:46 pm
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kelly t -- 10/7/2009, 3:17 pm
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Thomas Ziegler -- 10/8/2009, 12:48 pm
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kelly t -- 10/7/2009, 12:51 am
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/6/2009, 2:51 am
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Tim Foley -- 10/6/2009, 9:31 am
vinyl glue
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/6/2009, 10:27 am
Re: vinyl glue
Bill Hamm -- 10/7/2009, 4:42 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/6/2009, 1:41 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/6/2009, 1:48 am
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Tom Yost -- 10/6/2009, 9:29 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/7/2009, 4:39 am
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Tom Yost -- 10/7/2009, 8:49 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/7/2009, 4:03 pm
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Aaron H -- 10/8/2009, 12:26 pm
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Brian Scarborough -- 10/9/2009, 9:00 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/10/2009, 1:38 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/8/2009, 12:47 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/8/2009, 12:45 pm
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Brian Scarborough -- 10/9/2009, 9:08 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/9/2009, 10:04 am
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Brian Scarborough -- 10/9/2009, 2:49 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/9/2009, 4:21 pm
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Dave Gentry -- 10/5/2009, 6:50 pm
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Tim Foley -- 10/30/2009, 4:06 pm
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Dave Gentry -- 10/30/2009, 4:43 pm
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R Currey -- 10/5/2009, 4:49 pm