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Re: Material: clothing cloth under fibergalss
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 4/21/2008, 2:00 am
In Response To: Material: clothing cloth under fibergalss (Karl Huebner)

: Greetings: I went into a clothing store Friday with the boss (aka Wife) and
: saw some cloth that would look good under the glass and epoxy on the canoe
: I am currently building. Has anyone tried this? Would you put the cloth on
: top of the glass? What fibers should I avoid to decrease the chance of
: delamination?
: Would a good spar varnish decrease the fading of the fabric?

: Karl

If you dig around on the builder's links there's a guy that did a seat with a patterned material that looked cool. You'd put it under the glass btw. Only way to be sure that it'll work is to make a test piece. There are all sorts of finishes of material, some will work with epoxy and some won't. Since it's not structural, there's no testing done, have to do it yourself.

Bill H.

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Material: clothing cloth under fibergalss
Karl Huebner -- 4/20/2008, 3:21 pm
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Scott -- 4/28/2008, 2:27 pm
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Karl Huebner -- 4/28/2008, 3:20 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/24/2008, 10:06 pm
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Steve Dorrington -- 4/26/2008, 8:24 pm
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eric -- 4/22/2008, 3:24 pm
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kelly t -- 4/21/2008, 7:54 pm
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Shawn Baker -- 4/30/2008, 5:08 pm
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Chris Ostlind -- 4/21/2008, 4:37 pm
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Dave Houser -- 4/21/2008, 3:34 pm
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Ted Hardie -- 4/21/2008, 2:40 pm
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Charlie -- 4/21/2008, 11:57 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/21/2008, 2:00 am
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Donovan -- 4/21/2008, 9:36 am
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Ross Leidy -- 4/21/2008, 10:04 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/22/2008, 3:25 am