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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 3/31/2011, 1:42 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S (Bill Hamm)

: It could be sewn but the seam would be difficult to glass without
: getting it full of air bubbles. You could glue it the fabric to
: the frame either of two ways, either with the seaming glue used
: for sewing (seam stick I think is what it's called) or with
: contact cement, both work though I prefer using the contact
: cement, but it does color the Dacron which the seam stick
: doesn't. The seam stick doesn't hold real well on the Dacron,
: but once it's glassed it doesn't matter.

: Hmm... what's it cost... I usually am working from full gallons of
: epoxy so don't know for sure how much I use, I suspect that
: it'll take more than a quart kit and less than two. I use West
: brand 105/207 resin and I know that works, I've not tried this
: method with other resins but suspect they will work as well. I
: know Dan's done one (or more) and he uses another brand resin
: (forget which one). I've been using the 3.2 ounce tight weave
: glass from Thayercraft.com it's pretty cheap and works very
: well, though if you're going to have rough use you might want to
: double the glass on the bottom.

: The Dacron I get from Aircraft Spruce (aircraftspruce.com) when you
: get to the site, in the search block type in dacron and the
: uncertified fabric will pop up. Certified fabric can certainly
: be used but it's far more expensive and I don't think the FAA's
: gonna come inspect your kayak, so it's not needed :)

: I've not looked up the costs of any of this recently, not built one
: since the class I taught in the fall of 2010, been a little
: while.

: Any other questions feel free to ask, either here or privately :)

: Bill H.

Btw, I use very light weight Dacron, 3 ounce: http://www.aircraftspruce.com/menus/cs/dacron.html

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "Skin Score"
Justin -- 3/28/2011, 1:43 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Mike Bielski -- 3/28/2011, 3:45 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Justin -- 3/28/2011, 6:31 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Mike Bielski -- 3/28/2011, 10:27 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Justin -- 3/29/2011, 7:57 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Bill Hamm -- 3/30/2011, 12:53 am
Skin/Coating Ranking
Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/28/2011, 7:12 pm
Re: Skin/Coating Ranking
Justin -- 3/29/2011, 8:08 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Kudzu / Jeff Horton -- 3/28/2011, 10:54 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Justin -- 3/29/2011, 8:03 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Kudzu -- 3/29/2011, 8:37 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Justin -- 3/29/2011, 9:30 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Kudzu -- 3/29/2011, 10:31 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Bill Hamm -- 3/30/2011, 1:03 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Scott Shurlow -- 3/29/2011, 10:35 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Bill Hamm -- 3/30/2011, 12:57 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Bill Hamm -- 3/29/2011, 1:43 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Justin -- 3/29/2011, 7:44 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/29/2011, 1:11 pm
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Justin -- 3/29/2011, 3:21 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Bill Hamm -- 3/30/2011, 1:37 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Justin -- 3/30/2011, 8:31 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Bill Hamm -- 3/31/2011, 1:02 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Bill Hamm -- 3/31/2011, 1:42 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Justin -- 3/31/2011, 8:41 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Bill Hamm -- 3/31/2011, 8:47 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Justin -- 3/31/2011, 8:51 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Malcolm Schweizer -- 4/1/2011, 9:19 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Bill Hamm -- 4/1/2011, 11:33 am
flying boats *PIC*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/2/2011, 2:54 am
Re: flying boats
Bill Hamm -- 4/2/2011, 6:56 am
Re: flying boats
Malcolm Schweizer -- 4/4/2011, 9:01 am
Re: flying boats
Bill Hamm -- 4/4/2011, 4:21 pm
Re: flying boats
Bill Hamm -- 4/4/2011, 4:26 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
StephenHJ -- 3/30/2011, 1:33 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Justin -- 3/30/2011, 2:29 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Mike Bielski -- 3/29/2011, 1:03 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Justin -- 3/29/2011, 3:38 pm
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Noel Bennett -- 3/29/2011, 6:01 pm
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StephenHJ -- 3/29/2011, 6:08 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Noel Bennett -- 3/29/2011, 7:02 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Bill Hamm -- 3/30/2011, 1:41 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Justin -- 3/30/2011, 8:39 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Bill Hamm -- 3/31/2011, 1:05 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Justin -- 3/31/2011, 8:21 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin/Coating Ranking - aka - "S
Bill Hamm -- 3/31/2011, 8:50 am
It's called
Kudzu -- 3/29/2011, 6:13 pm
Re: It's called
Kudzu -- 3/29/2011, 6:16 pm
Re: It's called
Bill Hamm -- 3/30/2011, 1:42 am
Re: It's called
Justin -- 3/30/2011, 8:48 am
Re: It's called
Kudzu / Jeff Horton -- 3/30/2011, 1:40 pm
Re: It's called
Justin -- 3/30/2011, 2:51 pm
Re: It's called
Noel Bennett -- 3/30/2011, 3:50 pm
12 oz? *PIC*
Kudzu/Jeff Horton -- 3/30/2011, 4:18 pm
Re: It's called
Michael -- 3/30/2011, 1:44 pm
Re: It's called
Kudzu/Jeff Horton -- 3/30/2011, 4:02 pm