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Re: Skin-on-Frame: PVC Fabric Color Selection
By:Sean
Date: 7/24/2009, 8:23 pm

I'm still happy with my decision to go with hi-visibility yellow for safety. But boy does the PVC pick up stains. Blue-green algae along the waterline, and miscellaneous tannin stains on the deck. They fade with a good scrub but not completely.

So I already figured out why Tom likes black.

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Skin-on-Frame: PVC Fabric Color Selection
Troy -- 7/22/2009, 11:44 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: PVC Fabric Color Selection
Sean -- 7/24/2009, 8:23 pm
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Phil Nelson -- 7/22/2009, 8:24 pm
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Troy -- 7/22/2009, 8:49 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 7/26/2009, 6:39 pm
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Tom Yost -- 7/22/2009, 8:23 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: PVC Fabric Color Selection
Troy -- 7/22/2009, 8:52 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: PVC Fabric Color Selection
wwfloyd -- 7/22/2009, 12:09 pm
White stains, makes sense
Troy -- 7/22/2009, 2:01 pm
Re: White stains, makes sense
Bill Hamm -- 7/23/2009, 9:12 am