Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 08:38:51 -0700
From: John Halporn <jhalpo@javanet.com>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: [baidarka] shrinking nylon and penetrating
I recently finished a boat covered with 14oz nylon. I read about just
misting it and also heating it to shrink. I sprayed it with a mister
and then used a hair dryer and had good results. Unfortunately
something about putting the urethane on caused it to sag. Next time I
would try an iron over a damp towel on the skin as someone sugguested
this winter.
My covering was interlux interthane plus, a two part urethane. I
thinned the first coat 25% with their thinner and had good penetration.
I applied two more thinned coats but probably only needed 2 coats total.
It was expensive, $38/qt and I used 3.5 quarts in 0.5 qt batches.
Good luck, JH