Subject: Re: baidarka west greenland style kayaks launched
From: RCH3149@aol.com
Date: Tue Oct 17 2000 - 13:54:23 EDT
<< On Behalf of: Jay Babina <jbabina@snet.net>
This winter two of us made West Greenland style skin boats. We contemplated
the coating issue and were turned off by the volatile characteristics of the
coatings that were being used (Hypalon etc) as well as the availability.
Since I had epoxy experience from wood kayak building, I did some test
patches. It worked out great. Out boats are skinned with 10 oz polyester and
the epoxy coating maintained a nice flexibility after cured yet produced a
hard skin with great abrasion resistance. It saturated into the cloth yet not
through it totally. We both bought epoxy coloring agents (black and brown)
and made our boats dark brown and black like the seal skin boats. Two coats
did the job. Its glossy when done so a quick spraying with a can of Minwax
matt spar varnish dilled them down perfectly. The epoxy coating is a great
way to go.
Jay Babina
jbabina@snet.net
Photo can be seen at:
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1228452&a=9064211
Hi, Jay! (reading in direct copy)
1 - How are you addressing the issue of UV degradation of the epoxy? I would
have thought that a sprayed on coat of Minwax "matt" would be insufficient
protection in the long run, especially since the coating is dark.
2 - Nice boat!
Best regards,
Ralph Hoehn
Ralph@PouchBoats.com
www.PouchBoats.com
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