From: Patrick Pierquet <ppierquet@teltech.com>
To: "'baidarka@lists.intelenet.net'" <baidarka@lists.intelenet.net>
Subject: RE: [baidarka] Shrinking Dyson's 11.5 oz nylon - suggestions??
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 11:20:24 -0500
It's not 11.5 oz Dacron, it's 11.5 0z Nylon.
- Patrick
> -----Original Message-----
> From: chall@totalsports.net [SMTP:chall@totalsports.net]
> Sent: Monday, July 27, 1998 10:23 AM
> To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
> Subject: Re: [baidarka] Shrinking Dyson's 11.5 oz nylon -
> suggestions??
>
> Patrick Pierquet wrote:
> >
> > In the recent Wooden Boat article about Lemon's kayaks, it was
> stated
> > that the skin was ironed to shrink it. What's the appropriate way to
> > shrink this 11.5 oz skin...any ideas?
>
> For what it's worth, the plans for the kayak I'm building call for 3.7
> oz. Dacron. The recommended heat-shrinking technique is to make up a
> little 12" x 6" wood frame and tack some Dacron on it. Then take an
> iron
> and experiment with heat settings until you can shrink it tight in
> about
> 20-30 seconds. Use that same heat setting when you do the real boat.
>
> Don't know if the 11.5 oz. Dacron works the same, but the test frame
> idea seems good.
>
> Where did you get Dacron this heavy?
> --
> Charles Hall
> Total Sports
> Raleigh, NC USA
> http://info.totalsports.net