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Re: Skin-on-Frame: A question about skin on frame.
By:Trey
Date: 11/17/2011, 3:21 pm

: Carbon cloth seems ridiculously expensive, and I'm not sure what
: you would gain by it, the epoxy needed would make it heavy and
: it would be very stiff.

: It's perfectly doable, you can skin a SoF kayak with pretty much
: anything.

: The most popular options seem to be PVC, Nylon or Polyester, but
: really, anything can be used, there's people who use Canvas, and
: personally for my latest kayak I'm using a cheap tarp.

Thanks guys. I was just curious. I have a roll of carbon cloth laying around that I havent found a use for yet.

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Skin-on-Frame: A question about skin on frame...
Trey -- 11/16/2011, 10:55 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: A question about skin on frame.
Charlie -- 11/17/2011, 1:02 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: A question about skin on frame.
Matthias -- 11/17/2011, 5:33 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: A question about skin on frame.
Trey -- 11/17/2011, 3:21 pm
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StephenHJ -- 11/17/2011, 3:49 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: A question about skin on frame.
Trey -- 11/17/2011, 3:51 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: A question about skin on frame.
Matthias -- 11/18/2011, 9:59 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: A question about skin on frame.
Bill Hamm -- 11/19/2011, 3:38 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: A question about skin on frame.
Bill Hamm -- 11/19/2011, 3:34 am