Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 19:34:29 -0400
From: Chris Kohut <chriskayak@earthlink.net>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: Re: [baidarka] Shrinking Dyson's 11.5 oz nylon - suggestions??
Pat: For what its worth, I made a boat with Bruce Lemon this April.
Although the weight of nylon that we used for the moment escapes me, the
shrinking process involved a common household iron set on linen. With one
of us on either side we kept the irons moving, albeit slowly, and shrinkage
was noticeable but not particularly dramatic. The coating that was applied
further shrunk the nylon, and now is snare-drum tight. Hope this helps.
Chris
> Has anyone made a skin boat using Dyson's 11.5 oz nylon twill material,
> and can you offer any suggestions for shrinking the material prior to
> applying Hypalon? I finished attaching the skin this weekend to my "Rob
> Roy" kayak, and am ready to shrink it. The techniques I've read about
> seem to conflict with one another....some say to just spray the skin
> with water, then let it dry. 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?
> Thanks in advance!
>
> - Patrick Pierquet
> ppierquet@teltech.com