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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl
By:Dave Gentry
Date: 3/24/2011, 9:04 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl (Dave Gentry)

I guess I should have mentioned that the glue will turn the vinyl more or less opaque, hiding the staples.

Also that the transparent vinyl should be applied when it is fairly warm, as you can stretch out wrinkles easer. And that, as it is stretchy compared to Coverene/Coverlight cored PVC, then, when one is pulling the fabric tight at the stems, it stretches there, too. This makes stapling the stems more precise than trying to guess where the glue should go.

I hope that makes sense!

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Skin-on-Frame: Skinning with clear vinyl
Todd O -- 3/24/2011, 3:35 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/24/2011, 5:20 pm
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Doug S -- 3/24/2011, 6:31 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 3/26/2011, 9:04 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/27/2011, 1:37 am
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ancient kayaker -- 3/27/2011, 10:25 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/28/2011, 1:22 am
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Dave Gentry -- 3/24/2011, 8:49 pm
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Dave Gentry -- 3/24/2011, 9:04 pm
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Tom Yost -- 3/24/2011, 11:41 pm
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Tom Yost -- 3/25/2011, 12:04 am
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Todd O -- 3/26/2011, 9:05 pm
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Tom Yost -- 3/27/2011, 1:11 am
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Todd O -- 3/27/2011, 11:02 am
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Tom Yost -- 3/25/2011, 11:27 am
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Clayton Plunkett -- 3/25/2011, 11:52 am
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Tom Yost -- 3/25/2011, 12:44 pm
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Scott Fitzgerrell -- 3/29/2011, 1:00 pm
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Tom Yost -- 3/29/2011, 10:23 pm
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Scott Fitzgerrell -- 3/29/2011, 10:30 pm
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Tom Yost -- 3/30/2011, 12:26 pm
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Tom Yost -- 3/30/2011, 1:10 pm
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 3/25/2011, 5:45 pm
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Tom Yost -- 3/26/2011, 12:14 am
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 3/26/2011, 3:51 am
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Tom Yost -- 3/26/2011, 9:01 am
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Tom Yost -- 3/26/2011, 9:07 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/26/2011, 11:18 am
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Tom Yost -- 3/26/2011, 11:37 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/26/2011, 12:14 pm
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Mike Savage -- 3/26/2011, 4:13 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/27/2011, 1:39 am
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Mike Savage -- 3/27/2011, 9:23 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/28/2011, 1:29 am
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Tom Yost -- 3/26/2011, 7:05 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 3/26/2011, 1:10 pm
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Tom Yost -- 3/26/2011, 6:47 pm
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Todd O -- 3/26/2011, 9:09 pm
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Tom Yost -- 3/27/2011, 12:40 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/27/2011, 1:47 am
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Tom Yost -- 3/27/2011, 9:24 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/28/2011, 1:32 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/28/2011, 1:49 am
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Todd O -- 3/27/2011, 11:07 am
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Tom Yost -- 3/27/2011, 11:43 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/28/2011, 1:35 am
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Todd O -- 3/28/2011, 11:06 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/28/2011, 11:14 am
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Tom Yost -- 3/28/2011, 12:15 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/29/2011, 2:07 am
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Tom Yost -- 3/29/2011, 10:11 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/29/2011, 10:35 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/29/2011, 10:47 pm
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Tom Yost -- 3/30/2011, 10:09 am
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Tom Yost -- 3/30/2011, 10:14 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/30/2011, 2:36 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/30/2011, 2:32 pm
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Tom Yost -- 3/30/2011, 3:12 pm
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Todd O -- 3/30/2011, 4:37 pm
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Tom Yost -- 3/30/2011, 5:53 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/30/2011, 6:11 pm
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Tom Yost -- 3/30/2011, 7:32 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/31/2011, 1:49 am
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Todd O -- 3/28/2011, 5:41 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/28/2011, 10:44 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 3/28/2011, 11:32 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/29/2011, 2:09 am
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ancient kayaker -- 3/30/2011, 8:43 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/31/2011, 1:50 am
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Todd O -- 3/31/2011, 8:05 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/3/2011, 12:29 am
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Todd O -- 4/3/2011, 9:54 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/4/2011, 12:50 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/4/2011, 12:53 am
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Todd O -- 4/4/2011, 11:25 am