Boat Building Forum

Find advice on all aspects of building your own kayak, canoe or any lightweight boats

Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin maintenance and feet suppo
By:Brian Nystrom
Date: 8/22/2012, 6:42 am
In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: Skin maintenance and feet support *PIC* (Eric Compas)

The issue with heels is that the skin gets stretched in those area which ultimately causes the coating to crack and eventually peel. Perhaps gluing oversize patches of skin material on the inside would reduce the stretch enough to improve the durability of the finish.

: Note: I did use a pigment in one of the layers of Zar that doesn't seem to have adhered very well.

What kind of pigment did you use? How much? How long did you wait between coats?

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Skin maintenance and feet support *PIC*
Eric Compas -- 8/21/2012, 9:30 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin maintenance and feet suppo
Bill Hamm -- 8/22/2012, 12:49 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin maintenance and feet suppo
Eric Compas -- 8/22/2012, 9:39 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin maintenance and feet suppo
Bill Hamm -- 8/23/2012, 6:09 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin maintenance and feet suppo
Martin B -- 8/23/2012, 11:10 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin maintenance and feet suppo
Bill Hamm -- 8/28/2012, 1:52 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin maintenance and feet suppo
Martin B -- 8/28/2012, 2:39 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin maintenance and feet suppo
Eric Compas -- 8/28/2012, 8:33 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin maintenance and feet suppo
Martin B -- 8/28/2012, 10:48 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin maintenance and feet suppo
Brian Nystrom -- 8/22/2012, 6:42 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin maintenance and feet suppo
Eric Compas -- 8/22/2012, 9:31 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin maintenance and feet suppo
Brian Nystrom -- 8/22/2012, 12:11 pm