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Re: Skin-on-Frame: white cedar ( thuja occidentali
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 11/21/2012, 1:26 am
In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: white cedar ( thuja occidentalis) (Gelu Botezan)

: Gentlemen,
: I would need some advice in respect to Thuja Occidentalis that I
: Identified with white cedar. As I understand it has not the rot
: resistance of the WRC.
: do you use this for SOF? I know it is used fro Strip kayaks but so
: does the spruce too. What would be the best use? I just cut down
: one today, the first ever :) And I plan a F1 , Yost style

With cedar strip construction, rot resistance isn't a real big issue, it's all encapsulated in epoxy.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: white cedar ( thuja occidentalis)
Gelu Botezan -- 11/20/2012, 12:47 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: white cedar ( thuja occidentali
JohnAbercrombie -- 11/20/2012, 4:09 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: white cedar ( thuja occidentali
ancient kayaker -- 11/20/2012, 10:05 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: white cedar ( thuja occidentali
Gelu Botezan -- 11/21/2012, 2:02 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: white cedar ( thuja occidentali
Bill Hamm -- 11/21/2012, 1:26 am