Message-Id: <199705221916.MAA10060@ns1.intelenet.net>
From: Wolfgang Brinck <wolfgang.brinck@hksystems.com>
Subject: Re: Familiar with this fabric?
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Date: Thu, 22 May 97 14:15:05 CDT
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.970522132506.26560A-100000@winnie.freenet.mb.ca>; from "AGM96" at May 22, 97 1:32 pm
>
> Hello,
>
> The frame is done, and looks sharp. Trying now to locate fabric. Am I
> looking for 10 oz or #10 cotton canvas duck? I didn't realize their was
> a difference. The #10 is somewhere between a 15 and a 18 oz canvas.
> Most responses said it was a 15 oz. But can I use instead a 12 oz.
> In the book by George Putz Kayak Building it says 10 oz. Is this strong
> enough? The Aleutian Kayak by Wolfgang Brinck says #10.
> What fabric is shown on the front of the book the Aleutian Kayak. I like
> the translucent look.
>
> Thanks
> Arlene.
>
> A. G. Martin
> bvq213@freenet.mb.ca
> Canada
>
It's #10. I personally wouldn't go any lighter with cotton, especially
since it gets weaker with age.
I think that the fabric on the front cover is nylon with a polyurethane
coating. I haven't heard of anyone getting that much translucence with
cotton.
--
* * * .oOo.oOo.
wolfgang. /| * * * /| *
brinck@h / oo wolf o | *
ksystem / \ wolf / |
s.com / | wolf / | howlin' wolf
\ / | \ / | courtesy of
\/__\m \m \/__\m \m Larry Andrus