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Re: Skin-on-Frame: shrink wrap
By:StephenHJ
Date: 10/20/2011, 4:37 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: shrink wrap (Bill Padin)

: I actually used shrink wrap on my first SOF. It was a good
: temporary skin but had two drawbacks.
: The first was that the material is not very flexible when you are
: applying it prior to shrinking, getting good seams takes some
: patience. The second problem was that while in the water the
: boat was fine. On land I had to be careful where I put it down
: because if a sharp rock or piece of gravel hit on a rib, a small
: leak would develop. By time I cut off the shrink wrap, there
: were lots of tape patches.

: It did conform to the shape well and I used it for most of the
: summer until I had time to put on a Dacron skin.

:
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Brrrrrr.....! Float test, with ice in the background... Brrrrrrr!!!

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Skin-on-Frame: shrink wrap
bromasi -- 10/18/2011, 5:02 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: shrink wrap
StephenHJ -- 10/18/2011, 6:48 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: shrink wrap
Charles Robinson -- 10/18/2011, 7:20 pm
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Paul Montgomery -- 10/18/2011, 8:23 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: shrink wrap
Kevin McAtee -- 10/19/2011, 1:30 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: shrink wrap
Doug S -- 10/19/2011, 9:57 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: shrink wrap *PIC*
Yostwerks -- 10/19/2011, 10:56 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: shrink wrap
Bill Hamm -- 10/19/2011, 12:38 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: shrink wrap
Kevin McAtee -- 10/20/2011, 5:25 am
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Jon Mortimer -- 10/20/2011, 8:01 pm
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Paul Montgomery -- 10/20/2011, 8:36 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: shrink wrap
Bill Padin -- 10/20/2011, 3:57 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: shrink wrap
StephenHJ -- 10/20/2011, 4:37 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: shrink wrap
Bill Hamm -- 10/20/2011, 5:07 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: shrink wrap
ancient kayaker -- 10/20/2011, 5:49 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: shrink wrap
Bill Hamm -- 10/20/2011, 5:53 pm