Subject: Re: baidarka scantlings
From: Mark Reuten (nomadboatbuilding@hotmail.com)
Date: Sat Oct 28 2000 - 12:36:53 EDT
Switch to nylon guys, it's so much easier to skin the boat and is so much
tougher when you're done that it more than makes up for the higher price of
the material.
>From: "Phil Ellis" <pcoellis@hotmail.com>
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>Subject: Re: baidarka scantlings
>Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 09:58:58 EDT
>
>Hope you don't mind my tagging on, Bill-just wanted to add an observation
>on
>canvas. I paddle mostly in fresh water, and was out so often at the end of
>the summer that my boat was constantly wet for better than a month.
>Consequently, the skin is now so weak that every time I go out, a new tear
>developes someplace. The skin is now around 10% duct tape and I always
>carry
>a roll when I paddle. The guys at work have a pool going on whether I
>finish
>a new boat before the skin on this one just rips end-for end and falls
>off...wonder how a bare frame with a couple of float bags will paddle.
>Anyway, I don't plan to use canvas again, although the factory-proofed
>stuff
>might not have this problem.
>
>Regards,
>
>Phil
>
>>From: "Samson Family" <bill.samson@tesco.net>
>>Reply-To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
>>To: <baidarka@lists.intelenet.net>
>>Subject: Re: baidarka scantlings
>>Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 08:29:34 -0700
>>
>> >Mind tellling me what you used to coat your kayak's skin?
>>
>>
>>First of all, the canvas I used was waterproofed 10 ounce (12 ounce in UK
>>terminology, where we base our weight on a wider bit of cloth). Most
>>books
>>say to used canvas that has not been proofed. That isn't available in the
>>UK and the proofed stuff works just fine, apart from being less stretchy.
>>As a matter of interest, Percy Blandford (of PBK kayaks fame) recommended
>>proofed cotton canvas.
>>
>>I put on 3 coats of oil-based gloss paint. It doesn't look that glossy,
>>but
>>I put on a minimum amount and the weave of the canvas still shows. No
>>doubt
>>I'll be putting on more coats in future years.
>>
>>One point - the paint took days to dry between coats - probably something
>>to
>>do with the proofing. It did dry nicely, though.
>>
>>I got the mottled effect by sponging on dabs of a slightly darker coloured
>>paint.
>>
>>Bill
>>
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