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Re: bs6566 okoume vs bs1088 vs doorskins
By:daren neufeld
Date: 10/5/2001, 2:16 am

: What Flaws are you seeing most in the Door skins and how does it bother you?
: Have they had any mishaps with them? Are they stitching them plain, or
: coating with a good saturation coat of epoxy? I think that is what I will
: do when I go that route. Cut the pieces out, coat them lightly with epoxy
: and then stitch together. Just what Glen-L recommends on their small
: boars, the Rob-Roy and Eight-ball I have built or am building. If there
: are nay particulay problems popping up, let us know about them. Would help
: to know what to look out for when using this material.

hi Rehd;
i used 1/8 mahogany doorskins at <$10 each on my s&g guillemot. i did not pre-coat and i had no problems with the plywood. the building on the other hand was a bit of a challenge. real nice boat though. just watch for voids in the cheap stuff.
daren.....

Messages In This Thread

bs6566 okoume vs bs1088 vs doorskins
Bert -- 10/2/2001, 11:04 pm
Re: bs6566 okoume vs bs1088 vs doorskins
Roger Nuffer -- 10/4/2001, 10:03 pm
Re: bs6566 okoume vs bs1088 vs doorskins
Rehd -- 10/5/2001, 12:03 am
Re: bs6566 okoume vs bs1088 vs doorskins
Roger Nuffer -- 10/5/2001, 2:48 am
Re: bs6566 okoume vs bs1088 vs doorskins
Bill H -- 10/6/2001, 12:16 am
Re: bs6566 okoume vs bs1088 vs doorskins
daren neufeld -- 10/5/2001, 2:16 am
Re: bs1088 okoume vs luaun
Dave Houser -- 10/3/2001, 5:27 pm
Re: bs6566 okoume vs bs1088 vs doorskins
Ross Sieber -- 10/3/2001, 9:37 am
Re: bs6566 okoume vs bs1088 vs doorskins
Dave Kreiton -- 10/3/2001, 6:31 am
Re: I'd go with door-skins
Rehd -- 10/3/2001, 1:31 am
Re: I'd go with door-skins
Joe -- 10/3/2001, 10:18 am
Re: bs6566 okoume vs bs1088 vs doorskins
Terry -- 10/3/2001, 1:29 am