Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 19:18:26 -0800 (PST)
Message-Id: <199803060318.TAA07728@ns1.intelenet.net>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
From: redcanoe@pangea.ca (Douglas Ingram)
Subject: Re: [baidarka] Coverings - Naugahyde
Today, while applying the canvas filler to a canoe, I've been wondering
whether anyone has used traditional canvas filler on a skin kayak. Has
anyone? How does it stand up?
As an extension of this though, I too, wondered about Verolite...
>I recall someone bringing up Naugahyde recently (?). Naugahyde is a
vinyl impregnated fabric.
>Boatbuilding relevence - some wood-canvas companies used similar
>products in place of filled canvas. Notably, Tremblay used
>a product called Verolite (is this the Canadian version of
>Naugahyde or something different?).
>Tremblay wouldn't guarantee that canoes covered with red Verolite
>would stay red....
It turns a kind of yucky (can you tell that I have kids in the house?)
orange yellow.
The Verolite Green is very nice.
>
>Its up to someone else to determine the appropriateness of
>Naugahyde/Verolite for use on a skin boat....
Douglas Ingram
Red River Canoe & Paddle
P.O. Box 78, GRP 4, RR 2
Lorette, Manitoba
Canada
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