From: kolsen@alpo.casc.com (Kirk Olsen)
Message-Id: <9705061234.AA23755@gemini.cascade>
Subject: Skin coating flexibility
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net (baidarka mailing list)
Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 08:34:20 -0400 (EDT)
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> From: carl_vonkleistiii <carl_vonkleistiii@prusec.com>
> Subject: Skin coating flexibility
>
> I would like to get some input from anyone who has experience with some
> of the skin coatings available. I want to be able to remove the skin
> from my boat and store it inside. I think I have worked out the method
> for making it removeable, but I am concerned about the durability,
> flexibility, adhesion, and wear of the waterproof coating with regard to
> being repeatedly removed and rolled up or folded for storage and
> transportation.
>
> The fabric covering involved will be a synthetic, either nylon or
> polyester. Are the binary aliphatic urethanes flexible enough for this
> kind of thing, or would they tend to crack and/or flake like oilpaint
> would? I know that hypalon is used pretty much exclusively in coating
> whitewater raft materials, so it is obviously a serious candidate, but
> does it behave in the same enduring manner when applied with the
> technology at the disposal of the average builder (can you get the same
> results from painting it on at home as the commercial manufacturers get
> from whatever industrial application techniques they have at their
> disposal?)
>
> Do nylon and polyester have particular affinities with particular
> coatings or combinations of coatings?
>
> Any information is appreciated!
> --
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