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Skin-on-Frame: Incomplete coverage goop question.
By:David Bynoe
Date: 6/10/2011, 3:24 pm

Anyone had any experience with what to do with incomplete goop coverage on a skin boat?
I was re-skinning my 16.5' baidarka (mixed the goop wrong last time). Got the fabric and it seemed to be a bit heavy (thick too), but I put it on anyway.
Anyway as I was gooping it (using coreys goop from the skinboat school) I noticed that it wasn't going as far as it had on the last 3 boats I had done. I got it all on the boat with no dripping but I ended up using an entire can just on the hull, and I still had parts where the weave of the fabric was poking through. Fortunately I had a half can left over from my canoe so I was able to get a few coats on the deck, but I still have kinda patchy coverage. It all seems to be water tight, but the weave of the fabric is showing in quite a few places.
Any thoughts on what should I do?
I think my options are:
1: paddle it and dont worry about it
2: buy another kit of goop and hope that it adheres to the stuff on the boat
3: put a layer of some other polyurethane on top and hope for the same

Thoughts?

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Incomplete coverage goop question.
David Bynoe -- 6/10/2011, 3:24 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Incomplete coverage goop questi
West -- 6/11/2011, 10:22 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Incomplete coverage goop questi
Tom S -- 6/12/2011, 7:59 pm