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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Nylon rub strips?
By:JohnK
Date: 8/19/2010, 6:49 pm
In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: Nylon rub strips? (Kudzu)

I've only used cutting boards in a kayak as reinforcement for the front bulkhead, one on either side. We wanted to mount a battery and a pump on a plastic bulkhead, but the bulkhead was too weak. So my mate's wife's cutting boards were sacrificed (she was away). They shape easily, are strong, hold screws and bolts, have given no trouble over several long trips. Only the wife gave trouble when she returned. We kept them off the bottom to prevent tear out if the kayak bottom flexed or hit a rock etc.
JohnK

: Just helped a neighborhood kid make some "sliding gloves"
: for use with his long board. He showed up with a nylon(?)
: cutting board which we cut up and heated/melted to bond to the
: gloves. Easy to work with and I assume if I boil it, it would
: soften enough to bend to the shape of the bow. Plus It's cheap.
: Anyone used a cutting board or some other plastic?

: Yes, wood will work and that is what I have used in the past. They
: just start to looking bad and so I looking around at other
: options.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Nylon rub strips?
Kudzu -- 8/19/2010, 1:50 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Nylon rub strips?
JohnK -- 8/19/2010, 6:49 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Nylon rub strips?
Bill Hamm -- 8/19/2010, 2:46 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Nylon rub strips?
Phil Nelson -- 8/19/2010, 11:36 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Nylon rub strips?
Bill Hamm -- 8/20/2010, 1:29 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Nylon rub strips?
Phil Nelson -- 8/20/2010, 8:05 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Nylon rub strips?
Bill Hamm -- 8/20/2010, 12:13 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Nylon rub strips?
Will N to go -- 8/19/2010, 4:12 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Nylon rub strips?
Kudzu -- 8/19/2010, 4:33 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: HDPE rub strips?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 8/20/2010, 6:38 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Nylon rub strips?
Dave Gentry -- 8/19/2010, 3:56 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Nylon rub strips?
Bill Hamm -- 8/19/2010, 4:09 pm