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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tough skin
By:Ben Algera
Date: 4/12/2008, 10:06 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tough skin (Mike Savage)

: All my kayaks are
: skinned with 15oz canvas.
: 12oz nylon would be stronger, 15oz stronger. If you're very worried about
: underwater objects, go for those.

What is the canvas or nylon typically coated with? I have seen lots of coatings: polyurethane, exterior paint, hypalon, ect...

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Skin-on-Frame: Tough skin *LINK*
Ben Algera -- 4/12/2008, 7:38 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tough skin
Bill Hamm -- 4/13/2008, 1:24 am
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Carl Delo -- 4/12/2008, 3:39 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 4/12/2008, 11:12 am
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Acors -- 4/12/2008, 10:33 am
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Mike Savage -- 4/12/2008, 8:28 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tough skin
Ben Algera -- 4/12/2008, 10:06 am
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Mike Savage -- 4/12/2008, 10:34 am