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Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
By:Tim Abbott
Date: 3/11/2011, 5:37 pm
In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating *PIC* (Dave Gentry)

So...
Did the PL skin coating idea just die because of lack of UV resistance, or what? I haven't heard anything more on the possibilty of it's use...
I did a quick test myself the other day. I just spread a small section on the nylon I'm using on the 2 boats I'm building currently.
I used a plastic body filler spreader to spread it out. It looks like you could seal a skin easily with one coat. It dried to a very tough feeling, almost plasticlike, hard coating. Made the heavy fabric I'm using feel that much tougher - lots tougher actually. I folded it in half with no breakage or cracking, so it seems flexible enough. I sanded a bit with 150 grit lightly to smooth it. That worked well. I've got a coat of a polyurethane enamel drying on it now to see how that does.
I think a boat could be coated easliy with one coat of PL and 2 coats of paint for a real tough finish. Can't see a reason one couldn't use a varnish for UV protection if a clear finished was desired.
The Geocel I used on the first boat gives the nylon a softer, rubbery feel to it. The PL is much stiffer, plasticlike. I'm trying the polyurethane paint over the polyurethane coating hoping for good compatabilty between the two - in theory, anyways.
If the paint dries well and holds up to a flexabilty test, I think I'm gonna go for it. Anybody else done any further testing at all?

Tim

Messages In This Thread

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