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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin on frame kayak questions
By:Tony G
Date: 4/29/2013, 6:06 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skin on frame kayak questions (clark tuttle)

>>The seller informed me that if I coated the nylon with Spirit's line polyurethane
>>I could paint it, with an oil base paint, any color I,
>>my Granddaugher, wanted. Am I looking for trouble?

Was it the seller of the Spirit Line polyurethane? If so, it is sad, he has the tendency to say whatever the buyer wants to hear.
However, the polyurethane (aka goop) is the best coating *for the price* of typically $60 per boat. Colean is easier to apply, but it costs several times more.
Once you coat the boat with the goop, no paint will stick to it in the long run. So if you want to use goop, dye the boat first, then coat. Alternately, add colouring tint to the goop during coating.
If you have the nylon already on your boat, there aren't many good options other than goop. Once in a while someone mentions trying experimental materials like construction adhesive, or various types of floor coating, but they never come back to report the long term results of that experiment, which tells you something.
If you want the flexibility of paint, go with polyester.

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Skin-on-Frame: Skin on frame kayak questions
TylerVeinot -- 4/26/2013, 12:15 am
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Allan -- 4/26/2013, 3:14 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 4/26/2013, 7:11 am
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TylerVeinot -- 4/26/2013, 7:50 am
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Jeff Buyer -- 4/26/2013, 8:27 am
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TylerVeinot -- 4/26/2013, 9:24 am
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Greg H -- 4/26/2013, 11:33 am
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Charlie -- 4/26/2013, 11:35 am
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Tyler Veinot -- 4/26/2013, 2:33 pm
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Tony G -- 4/26/2013, 4:48 pm
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Tyler Veinot -- 5/9/2013, 8:05 am
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Jeff Horton -- 5/9/2013, 1:15 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 5/9/2013, 2:47 pm
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TylerVeinot -- 5/9/2013, 2:53 pm
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Jeff Buyer -- 5/11/2013, 6:31 pm
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TylerVeinot -- 5/11/2013, 8:14 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/12/2013, 2:06 am
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TylerVeinot -- 5/12/2013, 2:25 am
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Jeff Buyer -- 5/12/2013, 4:01 pm
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Ken Blanton -- 5/12/2013, 6:25 pm
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TylerVeinot -- 5/13/2013, 12:53 am
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Don -- 5/16/2013, 11:21 pm
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TylerVeinot -- 5/17/2013, 12:10 am
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Don -- 5/17/2013, 7:02 am
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TylerVeinot -- 5/17/2013, 9:09 am
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Jeff Horton -- 5/17/2013, 1:55 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/28/2013, 12:52 am
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Tony G -- 4/26/2013, 9:40 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/28/2013, 12:56 am
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clark tuttle -- 4/29/2013, 8:57 am
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Tony G -- 4/29/2013, 6:06 pm
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Noel Bennett -- 5/10/2013, 10:19 pm
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Noel Bennett -- 5/10/2013, 10:20 pm
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Jeff Horton -- 5/17/2013, 7:53 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/2/2013, 10:08 am
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TylerVeinot -- 4/29/2013, 4:58 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 4/29/2013, 5:37 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 4/30/2013, 8:51 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 4/29/2013, 9:54 am
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TylerVeinot -- 4/29/2013, 10:20 am
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Mike Bielski -- 4/29/2013, 11:18 pm
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clark tuttle -- 4/30/2013, 9:15 am
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TylerVeinot -- 4/30/2013, 9:19 am
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Mike Bielski -- 5/1/2013, 1:25 pm