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Re: Follow up on: "Pink Jaguar" SEA-12 SOF
By:Dan Caouette
Date: 5/11/2012, 2:28 pm
In Response To: Re: Follow up on: "Pink Jaguar" SEA-12 SOF (Stephen Troy)

: Dan, how's the graphite holding up? I have a boat made in one of
: Bill Hamm's classes, and have considered stripping the (black)
: paint under the waterline and using graphite, but didn't know
: how it would react give there's a small amount of flex there
: compared to a wood core boat.

There's hardly a scratch on the white graphite. Not surprising since it displaced about 50 pounds total (including Lena!). For your SOF, you could put on on maybe one coat or two thin coats before it got too thick and became too stiff.

I may have a graphite replacement. Wearlon® Super F-2M / Super F-4, also known as Wetander.
http://airboatcoatings.com/
I've made a few inquiries with the parent company, Wearlon, for coating the bottoms of my kayaks. the Super F-2M is a water-borne epoxy coating with silicone molecules locked into a stable matrix. It's supposed to be very durable, slippery and flexible. On their website is a picture of a flat piece of steel that was coated and then bent with no cracking or delaminating. Pretty impressive. I'm hoping to get a few samples and play with it this summer.

Messages In This Thread

Launching: "Pink Jaguar" SEA-12 SOF *PIC*
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 6/29/2011, 6:00 pm
Another pic *PIC*
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 6/29/2011, 6:03 pm
One more... *PIC*
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 6/29/2011, 6:04 pm
Re: One more...
Bill Hamm -- 6/29/2011, 6:50 pm
Re: Launching: "Pink Jaguar" SEA-12 SOF
StephenHJ -- 6/29/2011, 6:05 pm
Re: Launching: "Pink Jaguar" SEA-12 SOF
Bill Hamm -- 6/29/2011, 6:52 pm
Re: Launching: "Pink Jaguar" SEA-12 SOF
Heatherjen -- 6/29/2011, 6:40 pm
Re: Launching: "Pink Jaguar" SEA-12 SOF
Bill Hamm -- 6/29/2011, 6:54 pm
Re: Launching: "Pink Jaguar" SEA-12 SOF
Tim Sheehan -- 6/30/2011, 12:39 am
Re: Launching: "Pink Jaguar" SEA-12 SOF
Malcolm Schweizer -- 6/30/2011, 9:10 am
Re: Launching: "Pink Jaguar" SEA-12 SOF
Bryan Hansel -- 6/30/2011, 10:22 am
Re: Follow up on: "Pink Jaguar" SEA-12 SOF
Don Linenberger -- 5/11/2012, 12:43 pm
Re: Follow up on: "Pink Jaguar" SEA-12 SOF
Dan Caouette -- 5/11/2012, 1:05 pm
Re: Follow up on: "Pink Jaguar" SEA-12 SOF
Stephen Troy -- 5/11/2012, 1:25 pm
Re: Follow up on: "Pink Jaguar" SEA-12 SOF
Dan Caouette -- 5/11/2012, 2:28 pm
Re: Follow up on: "Pink Jaguar" SEA-12 SOF
Dan Caouette -- 5/11/2012, 2:29 pm
Re: Follow up on: "Pink Jaguar" SEA-12 SOF
Stephen Troy -- 5/18/2012, 12:17 pm
Re: Follow up on: "Pink Jaguar" SEA-12 SOF
Dan Caouette -- 5/18/2012, 1:58 pm
Re: "Pink Jaguar" SEA-12 SOF -- Alternate finishes
eric Ogata -- 11/30/2013, 1:16 pm
Re: "Pink Jaguar" SEA-12 SOF -- Alternate finishes
ancient kayaker -- 11/30/2013, 6:47 pm
Re: "Pink Jaguar" SEA-12 SOF -- Alternate finishes
eric Ogata -- 11/30/2013, 9:40 pm
Re: "Pink Jaguar" SEA-12 SOF -- Alternate finishes
Bill Hamm -- 12/1/2013, 12:29 am
Re: "Pink Jaguar" SEA-12 SOF -- Alternate finishes
eric Ogata -- 12/4/2013, 10:15 pm
Re: "Pink Jaguar" SEA-12 SOF -- Alternate finishes
Bill Hamm -- 12/5/2013, 2:40 am
Re: "Pink Jaguar" SEA-12 SOF -- Alternate finishes
JohnAbercrombie -- 12/1/2013, 3:27 pm
Re: "Pink Jaguar" SEA-12 SOF -- Alternate finishes
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 12/2/2013, 9:31 am
Re: "Pink Jaguar" SEA-12 SOF -- Alternate finishes
eric Ogata -- 12/4/2013, 10:20 pm
Re: Follow up on: "Pink Jaguar" SEA-12 SOF
Bill Hamm -- 5/13/2012, 2:45 am