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Re: Strip: vinyl foam hybrid?
By:Marc Upchurch
Date: 9/29/2016, 12:34 pm
In Response To: Strip: vinyl foam hybrid? (Steve Solomon)

This is a waste of your money.

The reason to use the PVC foam is to make a structural sandwich. Putting glass on one side leaves you with only the strength and stiffness of the one glass layer.

It also will not be stiff enough to hold shape over the frame, in order to get a smooth shape when you finish glassing.

Check with Bill Hamm.
He makes SOF kayaks with a thin layer of polyester fabric, then uses a single layer of glass over that.
This gives you the same thing with much less work and cost.
He has made a lot of them and taught a class on the method.

The foam will actually weight enough to be noticeable over the polyester skin.

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Strip: vinyl foam hybrid?
Steve Solomon -- 9/29/2016, 9:46 am
Re: Strip: vinyl foam hybrid?
Thomas Duncan -- 9/29/2016, 11:06 am
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Steve Solomon -- 9/29/2016, 11:15 am
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Etienne Muller -- 9/29/2016, 12:16 pm
Re: Strip: vinyl foam hybrid?
Steve Solomon -- 9/29/2016, 12:29 pm
Re: Strip: vinyl foam hybrid?
Marc Upchurch -- 9/29/2016, 12:36 pm
Re: Strip: vinyl foam hybrid?
Steve Solomon -- 9/29/2016, 1:04 pm
Re: Strip: vinyl foam hybrid?
Marc Upchurch -- 9/29/2016, 12:34 pm
Re: Strip: vinyl foam hybrid?
Etienne Muller -- 9/29/2016, 12:40 pm
Re: Strip: vinyl foam hybrid?
Steve Solomon -- 9/29/2016, 1:34 pm
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Les Cheeseman -- 9/29/2016, 4:42 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 9/29/2016, 5:41 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/29/2016, 9:11 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 9/29/2016, 10:07 pm
Re: Strip: vinyl foam hybrid?
John VB -- 9/30/2016, 8:46 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/30/2016, 10:37 am
Re: Strip: vinyl foam hybrid?
Steve Solomon -- 9/30/2016, 11:07 am
Re: Strip: vinyl foam hybrid?
Marc Upchurch -- 9/30/2016, 1:59 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 9/30/2016, 3:55 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/30/2016, 4:36 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 9/30/2016, 4:58 pm
Re: Strip: vinyl foam hybrid?
Marc Upchurch -- 9/30/2016, 6:46 pm
Re: Strip: vinyl foam hybrid?
Steve Solomon -- 10/1/2016, 9:51 am
Re: Strip: vinyl foam hybrid?
Marc Upchurch -- 10/1/2016, 1:06 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/2/2016, 12:13 am
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anewhouse -- 9/29/2016, 6:15 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 9/29/2016, 6:25 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 9/30/2016, 10:37 am
Re: Strip: vinyl foam hybrid?
Steve Solomon -- 9/30/2016, 12:07 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 9/30/2016, 12:53 pm
Re: Strip: vinyl foam hybrid?
Steve Solomon -- 9/30/2016, 1:54 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/1/2016, 1:04 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/1/2016, 1:48 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/4/2016, 6:25 am
Re: Strip: vinyl foam hybrid?
Steve Solomon -- 10/4/2016, 7:42 am
Re: Strip: vinyl foam hybrid?
JohnAbercrombie -- 10/4/2016, 11:53 am
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Mark N -- 10/4/2016, 1:17 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/4/2016, 3:27 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/6/2016, 1:53 am
Re: Strip: vinyl foam hybrid?
JohnAbercrombie -- 10/6/2016, 2:14 pm
Re: Strip: vinyl foam hybrid?
JohnAbercrombie -- 10/4/2016, 11:59 am