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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Canvas skin

By:Mike Bielski
Date: 3/28/2010, 10:00 am

In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: Canvas skin (John Rockefeller)

: I just put the canvas skin on my kayak. I wetted it down and it
: really seemed to tighten up, but when it dried it got looser.

Yes- it is normal. Unlike nylon, cotton canvas shrinks when it gets wet. It also gets stronger when it gets wet.

Skin-on-Frame: Canvas skin
John Rockefeller -- 3/27/2010, 6:55 pm

Re: Skin-on-Frame: Canvas skin
Michael -- 3/29/2010, 12:43 pm

Re: Skin-on-Frame: Canvas skin
Mike Bielski -- 3/28/2010, 10:00 am

Re: Skin-on-Frame: Canvas skin
John Rockefeller -- 3/28/2010, 11:29 am

Re: Skin-on-Frame: Canvas skin
Melissa M -- 4/9/2010, 8:17 am

Re: Skin-on-Frame: Canvas skin
John Rockefeller -- 3/28/2010, 11:58 am

Re: Skin-on-Frame: Canvas skin
wwfloyd -- 3/28/2010, 8:32 pm

Re: Skin-on-Frame: Canvas skin
Melissa M -- 4/9/2010, 8:25 am

Re: Skin-on-Frame: Canvas skin
Bill Hamm -- 3/29/2010, 12:46 am

Re: Skin-on-Frame: Canvas skin
wwfloyd -- 3/28/2010, 12:19 pm

Re: Skin-on-Frame: Canvas skin
Kudzu -- 3/28/2010, 12:59 pm

Re: Skin-on-Frame: Canvas skin
Dave Gentry -- 3/27/2010, 9:30 pm

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