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Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
By:Dave Gentry
Date: 11/2/2010, 7:04 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating (Noel Bennett)

: I expect to test it by early spring. I'll be using polyester, too.
: Being a newb paddler, and in upstate NY (can't walk without
: tripping over a rock), I'm wondering if it'll be tough enough to
: survive me, like I expect nylon & Goop to be.

: Worst case, I figure: I spend a little bit of money on this, find
: out I don't like it, and pull it off again to recover in nylon
: and Goop.

Other than whatever they use to cover rubber inflatables (hypalon?), this is the toughest thing I've ever seen on fabric, that also still retains its flexibility. Nylon certainly has more flexibility than polyester, of course, and the long term suitability of the PL is still an unknown. I should be trying it on a boat in a few weeks . . . .

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Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating *PIC*
Dave Gentry -- 10/31/2010, 11:33 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
Tim Abbott -- 3/11/2011, 5:37 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
TheLuckyOne -- 3/12/2011, 8:54 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
Bill Hamm -- 3/13/2011, 12:36 am
workbench top of MDF?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/13/2011, 1:03 am
Re: workbench top of MDF?
Bill Hamm -- 3/14/2011, 12:15 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
Dave Gentry -- 3/12/2011, 10:45 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
TheLuckyOne -- 3/13/2011, 10:30 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/13/2011, 1:21 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
Tim Abbott -- 3/13/2011, 11:00 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
Dave Gentry -- 3/11/2011, 7:07 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 3/11/2011, 10:46 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/12/2011, 8:24 am
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Mike Bielski -- 3/12/2011, 9:10 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/12/2011, 9:32 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
Tim Abbott -- 3/12/2011, 9:55 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
Bill Hamm -- 3/12/2011, 10:12 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating *PIC*
Tim Abbott -- 3/12/2011, 8:46 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
Bill Hamm -- 3/12/2011, 9:33 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
Tim Abbott -- 3/11/2011, 10:00 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
Kudzu -- 3/12/2011, 7:39 am
Wetted-out Skin coating
Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/12/2011, 11:11 am
Re: Wetted-out Skin coating
Kudzu -- 3/12/2011, 11:20 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
Dave Gentry -- 3/11/2011, 10:48 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
Tim Abbott -- 3/11/2011, 11:10 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
John VanBuren -- 11/7/2010, 7:36 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
Bill Hamm -- 11/7/2010, 1:37 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
Noel Bennett -- 11/3/2010, 3:25 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
Kudzu -- 11/3/2010, 3:42 pm
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Noel Bennett -- 11/3/2010, 4:13 pm
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Prasad Bhatla -- 11/6/2010, 6:39 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
Noel Bennett -- 11/7/2010, 1:11 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
Dave Gentry -- 11/2/2010, 3:11 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
Noel Bennett -- 11/2/2010, 4:59 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
Dave Gentry -- 11/2/2010, 7:04 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
Will Clarke -- 11/3/2010, 10:09 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
Noel Bennett -- 11/2/2010, 7:53 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
John lasky -- 11/2/2010, 11:23 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
Will Clarke -- 11/1/2010, 12:32 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
Ken Blanton -- 10/31/2010, 6:48 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
Kudzu -- 10/31/2010, 4:29 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
Dave Gentry -- 10/31/2010, 5:28 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
Noel Bennett -- 10/31/2010, 4:26 pm