Boat Building Forum

Find advice on all aspects of building your own kayak, canoe or any lightweight boats

Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
By:Tim Abbott
Date: 3/13/2011, 11:00 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating (Paul G. Jacobson)

: Hmm. I wasn't quite sure what his plan was, either. I'd be tempted
: to rig up a deal to smoothly coat one side of my fabric with the
: PL, then skin the boat with that on the inside. Then I'd paint
: the outside. That technique should seal the fabric on both
: sides, and give a smooth outer finish.

: But there would be plenty of problems to solve for getting a smooth
: coat of the PL on the fabric before it is stretched over some
: kind of frame.

On my small test piece the PL stiffened up the fabric considerably. Kind of lose the ability of the fabric to stretch to fit the frame. I would think it would be like putting resin on a fiberglass sheet,letting it harden, and then trying to fit it to the boat.
Try a test piece and you'll see what I mean.
The PL gives a hard finish that should hold up well to beach landings and the like. I would want that on the outside, and paint on the inside, if you must have both sides of the skin coated.

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
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
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
Mike Bielski -- 3/11/2011, 10:46 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
Bill Hamm -- 3/12/2011, 8:24 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
Mike Bielski -- 3/12/2011, 9:10 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
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
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
Noel Bennett -- 11/3/2010, 4:13 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: New Skin coating
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