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Re: Skin-on-Frame: adding puncture resistance to p
By:Charlie
Date: 2/22/2010, 6:22 pm
In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: adding puncture resistance to poly fabric (George)

: I'm almost ready to skin my Yost sea tour 15 exp. Does anyone have
: an idea of adding puncture resistance to 8 oz Dyson polyester
: fabric ?

: I'm thinking of adding a piece of 4 oz fibreglas on the keel up to
: the first chine or would adding silica or another filler to
: varnish/epoxy do the trick ?

You may be setting yourself up for a skin failure. SOFs survive because they can play off forces by flexing. I would think the skin has to move with everything else. If part of it flexes and part can't something is going to give right along the dividing line.

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Skin-on-Frame: adding puncture resistance to poly fabric
George -- 2/22/2010, 12:41 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 2/23/2010, 8:20 am
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Charlie -- 2/22/2010, 6:22 pm
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george -- 2/23/2010, 9:14 am
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Mike Bielski -- 2/22/2010, 6:03 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 2/23/2010, 8:17 am
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Mike Bielski -- 2/23/2010, 8:27 am
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Dave Gentry -- 2/22/2010, 2:01 pm
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george -- 2/23/2010, 9:11 am
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george -- 2/23/2010, 9:30 am
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George -- 2/24/2010, 8:54 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/23/2010, 12:58 am
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george -- 2/23/2010, 9:20 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/24/2010, 12:50 am
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George -- 2/24/2010, 8:56 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/25/2010, 12:41 am
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George -- 3/5/2010, 4:39 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/7/2010, 12:51 am
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george -- 3/9/2010, 10:06 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/10/2010, 12:20 am
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Mike Savage -- 3/7/2010, 5:30 am
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george -- 3/9/2010, 10:07 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/8/2010, 12:31 am
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Mike Savage -- 3/8/2010, 6:05 am
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george -- 3/9/2010, 10:09 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/9/2010, 12:51 am
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Stephen Troy -- 2/24/2010, 10:50 am
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George -- 2/24/2010, 12:32 pm
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George -- 2/24/2010, 12:30 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/1/2010, 12:38 am
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Kudzu -- 2/22/2010, 1:19 pm