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Re: Skin-on-Frame: SOF with glass/epoxy - dacron?
By:Ulrik Schou
Date: 2/29/2012, 2:50 am

: If he's trying to do the fiberglass over fabric method Dacron works
: better than nylon. Dacron has a very similiar stretch compared
: to fiberglass, nylon even Cordura has considerably more.

: Bill H.

Hi Bill and Gelu, thanks for the interest and suggestions, Yes it will be glassed, so polyester or dacron seems to be the preffered materials for that. I'll do some testing with some some old printed banners, that I got from the company I work for - appear to be polyester.. will do a little ironing and wetting to see how it reacts.. might end up with a company kayak...cool, maybe lol.. came across a whole big heap of discarded banners yesterday - they have only been used indoors for 3 days at various fairs, we'll see

Thanks again guys

Ulrik

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: SOF with glass/epoxy - dacron?
Ulrik Schou -- 2/27/2012, 7:27 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: SOF with glass/epoxy - dacron?
Bill Hamm -- 2/28/2012, 1:17 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: SOF with glass/epoxy - dacron?
Bill Hamm -- 2/28/2012, 1:27 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: SOF with glass/epoxy - dacron?
Ulrik Schou -- 2/28/2012, 2:31 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: SOF with glass/epoxy - dacron?
Gelu Botezan -- 2/28/2012, 12:45 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: SOF with glass/epoxy - dacron?
Bill Hamm -- 2/28/2012, 4:57 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: SOF with glass/epoxy - dacron?
Ulrik Schou -- 2/29/2012, 2:50 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: SOF with glass/epoxy - dacron?
Ulrik Schou -- 3/2/2012, 1:46 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: SOF with glass/epoxy - dacron?
Bill Hamm -- 3/4/2012, 1:54 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: SOF with glass/epoxy - dacron?
Bill Hamm -- 3/4/2012, 2:11 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: SOF with glass/epoxy - dacron?
Ulrik Schou -- 3/5/2012, 5:47 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: SOF with glass/epoxy - dacron?
Bill Hamm -- 3/6/2012, 1:13 am