Subject: Re: [baidarka] any different skinning options?
From: Kirk Olsen (kolsen@imaginelan.com)
Date: Fri Jan 17 2003 - 14:22:50 EST
At 11:05 PM 1/14/2003 +0000, you wrote:
Thanks for responding Bill. Still not sure what I'm going to do ;-)
> > Okay, I'm familiar with canvas, polyester (dyson), nylon(dyson), and
>awning
> > fabric(moroske). Anyone seen any fabrics that might be interesting to try
> > as yet another viable option?
> >
> > I've recently added a folder (1930 klepper vagabund) to my fleet and it's
> > in need of a skin.
>
>Hi Kirk,
>
>The year before last I went to the skinboat meeting in Germany
>("Holz-Gummi-Lienen-Treffen"). A wonderful skin maker (for folders that is)
>called Volker Born <sp?> was making folder hulls from PVC-coated canvas. He
>makes a lot of skins and I think he must have had this material made to
>order. I've certainly never come across it anywhere else.
>
>Anyway, the end results were terrific. Hulls could be made in one piece and
>had enough stretch in them to tighten up over the folder's frame.
>
>Another product I've seen is PVC coated nylon, which has much more 'give' in
>it than PVC-coated polyester (the usual stuff). I've not seen it used for a
>hull, but it's certainly got to be easier than polyester.
>
>Bill Samson
>
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