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Re: Skin-on-Frame: SOF disaster?
By:Jeff Horton
Date: 8/28/2014, 7:00 am
In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: SOF disaster? (Patrick_North)

Not what you want to hear.... but nylon does relax when wet. If I ever did another I would probably sew it on wet so that it was relaxed. A lot of work but you have the chance to remove your stitching and 'fix' it before you coat.

I switched to polyester because I hated that after all my hard work nylon would always go limp on the water. I have never used Goop but does it do like other finishes and loosen up when wet?

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Skin-on-Frame: SOF disaster?
Patrick_North -- 8/27/2014, 10:37 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: SOF disaster?
Bill Mayberry -- 8/27/2014, 5:53 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: SOF disaster?
Jeff Horton -- 8/28/2014, 7:00 am
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Patrick_North -- 8/28/2014, 7:52 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 8/28/2014, 7:39 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: SOF disaster?
Patrick_North -- 8/28/2014, 7:55 am
Next one, try polyester
Jeff Horton -- 8/28/2014, 12:31 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: SOF disaster?
Thomas Duncan -- 8/30/2014, 1:00 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: SOF disaster?
Mike Hanks -- 8/31/2014, 3:53 pm