Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 08:27:36 -0800 (PST)
From: wolfgang brinck <nativewater@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: baidarka building videos and lashing question
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
---Rosemary Mosher <ewin@ime.net> wrote:
>
Any other suggestions
> for lashing material and/or for stitching? I am guessing the flax
or linen
> is recommended because it doesn't stretch and will absorb the later
coating?
> Polished jute was given as an alternative, but we can't even find
that.
> We've used regular jute for the lashings so far, but need to find
something
> for sewing the canvas. Any help from those who have done this
before would
> be greatly appreciated.
>
> Rosemary Mosher
> Windham, Maine
>
For sewing the canvas, I've had good luck with package twine of a
cotton polyester mix. It's stronger than plain cotton twine. I use a
double thickness. Only problem is that organic string and rope is
being replaced almost entirely by synthetics and is becoming harder
and harder to find. I have also used nylon twine for sewing canvas but
find it too hard. Also, cotton will swell when wet and expand to fill
the hole it makes in the canvas. Although paint on the canvas makes
this a non-issue. Kite string in a double thickness also works. This
is pure polyester and quite strong.
For lashing, I've started using poly twine which is very cheap and not
braided so it lays flat. Also very strong and water resistant. If you
use any organics for lashing, you must be careful to varnish them or
soak them in linseed oil. Untreated organic twine will rot in 2 or 3
years.
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