Date: 10/23/2008, 2:41 pm
Plastic materials have been examined by ALL the paddleboat manufactureres long ago. Except for those they use ALL the others tested have shortcomings. Too heavy. Will not accept any glue. Will not hold metal fasteners. Not stiff enough. Not strong enough. Too costly. Will not conform to the shape of a boat. Usw.
If I lived in Flanders I would not bother with plastic because I could travel across the Rhein to buy Bruynzeel plywood. It is the perfect boatbuilding material.
: At this moment I was just curious if I could build a canoe totally whitout
: glass and epoxy !
: Or beneath the waterline in plastic ( a little flex tolerated) and the upper
: part
: wood ......or
: Maybe beneath the waterline kind of canvas (pvc maybe a la Tom Yost) but it
: tears rather easily in sharp surrounding.......or
: Build in wooden strips and beneath the waterline thinner strips with plastics
: strokes glued on .......or
: Just strip building complete and beneath strokes of plasic (rubber) every 10
: cm
: You see: still fooling around with some ideas .. and still curious at others!
: Anyway , apologize for my bad english ( I' m from Flanders (Belgium) )
: Everybody , thank you allready for your input
: gr
: jos
: Maybe still woodstrip and a coating of polyura beneath waterline!
: " They say its extreme durable
: Anybody heard of this thing , also used in piping , boatbuilding and so on
: http://www.proliner.org/polyurea/polyurea-hotspray.htm
: http://http://At this moment I was just curious if I could build a canoe
: totally whitout glass and epoxy !
Messages In This Thread
- Strip: new material *LINK*
jos vermeiren -- 10/23/2008, 5:05 am- Re: Strip: new material
Charlie -- 10/23/2008, 2:41 pm- Re: Strip: new material
Mike Bielski -- 10/23/2008, 9:44 am - Re: Strip: new material
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