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Re:Wrinkles
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 9/22/2010, 12:33 pm
In Response To: Re:Wrinkles (Prasad Bhatla)

: Side sponsons gave me an idea --- I tried something y/day-- while
: gluing in a pvc sea-sock in my SeaTour.
: I covered the gunwale just aft and fore of the cockpit area --
: which has the most wrinkles-- with some thin tube foam -- the
: black stuff used for insulating pipes, and find the wrinkles
: smooth down substantially.Something to do with the
: "stress" points of the wrinkles having more cushion??

: Let me experiment some more ...

: Will post an image shortly.

: Cheers

: Prasad

Very cool, experimenting is fun, hope it works out :)

Cheap fix too.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: the Sea Tour gets a skin (sort of) *PIC*
Greywuuf -- 9/12/2010, 8:20 pm
*NM* *NM* *PIC*
Greywuuf -- 9/12/2010, 8:22 pm
Re: *NM* *PIC*
Jim Ham -- 9/20/2010, 7:46 pm
Re:
Bill Hamm -- 9/21/2010, 2:47 pm
Re:Wrinkles
Prasad Bhatla -- 9/22/2010, 11:41 am
Re:Wrinkles
Bill Hamm -- 9/22/2010, 12:33 pm
Re: *PIC*
Foster -- 9/21/2010, 12:31 pm
Re:
Bill Hamm -- 9/21/2010, 2:46 pm
Re: Frame gets skin
Prasad Bhatla -- 9/20/2010, 5:01 pm