Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 11:26:32 -0700 (PDT)
From: "comstock@sfsu.edu" <comstock@sfsu.edu>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: Re: Familiar with this fabric?
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.970522132506.26560A-100000@winnie.freenet.mb.ca>
I'm very happy with the translucent look I achieved with the Dyson
lightweight (11oz?) nylon covered with the 2 part flexible polyurathane
also supplied by GB Dyson. Advantages of nylon, it "conforms more readily
to the shape of frame than does canvas. More important, it doesn't rot and
is more tear and abrasion resistant than is cotton.
I like the 2 part urathane over hypalon because one can get an
extremely tough coating with less weight. My double has three coats on
the bottom and two on top. The whole craft (6.28m Dyson design with
aluminum tubing frame) weighs around 47.5lb and has not leaked after 2+
years of hard use. John Comstock
On Thu, 22 May 1997, AGM96 wrote:
> 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
>
>