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Re: Skin-on-Frame: skinning with nylon, wet or dry
By:Dave
Date: 3/27/2011, 3:36 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: skinning with nylon, wet or dry (Joy)

: I have done a few with 12oz from Dyson and have sewn them pretty
: wet. I keep a pail and a cloth at my feet and wet as I go along.
: Skins have turned out nice and tight.

Thanks, Joy, that helps. Did you stretch the skin along the keel using the sew a pocket method? If so did you wet the skin before you pull the skin along the keel?

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: skinning with nylon, wet or dry?
Dave -- 3/27/2011, 3:10 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: skinning with nylon, wet or dry
Joy -- 3/27/2011, 3:23 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: skinning with nylon, wet or dry
Dave -- 3/27/2011, 3:36 pm
Skin soaking wet, pull tight
Robert W -- 3/27/2011, 3:51 pm
Re: Skin soaking wet, pull tight
Dave -- 3/27/2011, 7:55 pm
Re: Skin soaking wet, pull tight *PIC*
Tim Abbott -- 3/27/2011, 10:51 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: skinning with nylon, wet or dry
Scott Shurlow -- 3/27/2011, 7:41 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: skinning with nylon, wet or dry
Dave -- 3/27/2011, 8:00 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: skinning with nylon, wet or dry
Peter B -- 4/5/2011, 12:50 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: skinning with nylon, wet or dry
Dave -- 4/5/2011, 5:52 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: skinning with nylon, wet or dry
Robert W -- 4/5/2011, 8:16 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: skinning with nylon, wet or dry
Dave -- 4/6/2011, 11:30 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: skinning with nylon, wet or dry
Robert W -- 4/6/2011, 7:15 pm