Message-Id: <199805181748.KAA02005@dogbert.yknet.yk.ca>
From: "George Privett" <gprivett@yknet.yk.ca>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 10:47:40 -8:00
Subject: Re: [baidarka] waterproofing canvas
Hi Len,
I tried an experiment this weekend.
I took a piece of cotton fabrique painted it with a solution of
paint thinner and exterior silicone calking. It dried in a couple of
hour and completely overnight. It is soft and flexible and
waterproof.
I made a thin solution for the first coat, and thicker solution for
the second and third coat.
The underside is not coated, but I suppose it could be.
If you use just one thin coat it is water repellent but you can pool
water on it and squeeze droplets through the cloth.
> hello folks i have a question ,i an making a spray skirt for my kayak {the
> cockpit is a rather odd shape so a comercially made one wont do }can anyone
> reccomend a waterproofing technique that is both effective and non toxic{as
> im going to be wearing it i obviously dont want it to be poisonous} im going
> to use either cotton duck or nylon depending on recomendations i recieve but
> im already leaning towards cotton thanks in advance
> len
>
George
G Privett, Whitehorse, Yukon