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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Dacron Coating questions
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 8/14/2010, 1:11 am
In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: Dacron Coating questions (greywuuf)

: Don't even have my PVC Sea Tours together yet and the Wife is
: suggesting a pair of Sea Pups for the kids. I am wondering if I
: use the uncertified Dacron from Aircraft spruce, What I can use
: for a sealer. I am way confused after reading Mountains of Posts
: on this topic. Available locally is great (required) because
: shipping to Alaska almost HAS to be air, so Haz mat is a huge no
: go. Anyway, home despot has the minwax PU in satin and gloss
: available in quarts. Is this a possibility? with the 2.7 ounce
: dacron will this require Glass as well ? Looking for the easiest
: and most available way for me to do a SoF that is slightly more
: traditional that the PVC . Comments?

The reason I use Dacron to cover kayaks is to provide a surface to easily apply the glass over. The aircraft dacron is pretty light weight material all by itself. I could be covered the way aircraft are though and be reasonably durable, works on fabric covered aircraft. It's not terribly abrasion resistant though. The materials I'd think would be very easy to obtain locally in Alaska though, with the popularity of small aircraft up there, I have no idea if the uncertified material will be available, you'd have to ask around. The local EAA (expermental aircraft association) chapter will know where to get it.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Dacron Coating questions
greywuuf -- 8/13/2010, 6:52 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Dacron Coating questions
Bill Hamm -- 8/14/2010, 1:11 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Dacron Coating questions
Greywuuf -- 8/14/2010, 1:33 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Dacron Coating questions
Paul G. Jacobson -- 8/14/2010, 6:14 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Dacron Coating questions
Greywuuf -- 8/13/2010, 9:06 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Dacron Coating questions
Dave Gentry -- 8/13/2010, 9:50 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Dacron Coating questions
Kudzu -- 8/13/2010, 8:25 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Dacron Coating questions
Dave Gentry -- 8/13/2010, 8:43 pm