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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tom Yost CLEAR Vinyl Skin
By:Marc Upchurch
Date: 5/19/2012, 4:14 pm

Thanks to everyone, that first post must have had everyone thinking I was a complete idiot.
I don't know if I will ever use clear, I'm probably too messy to even think about it.

Thanks,
Marc

: I skinned my girls' first kayaks with the clear vinyl. On the
: second I even made the cockpit floor out of a clear piece of
: Lexan (see pic). They did enjoy seeing everything in the water
: but we had to be very careful with them. One developed a small
: tear without us knowing it and started to turn into a U-boat. Oh
: yeah, be especially careful in the winter. The vinyl gets very
: brittle. The cold crack temp is quite high. We accidentally put
: a XC ski through the side of one.

: It's definitely not a long term skin.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Tom Yost Vinyl Skin Installation
Marc Upchurch -- 5/16/2012, 7:47 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tom Yost Vinyl Skin Installatio
Don T -- 5/16/2012, 9:46 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tom Yost Vinyl Skin Installatio
Marc Upchurch -- 5/16/2012, 10:09 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tom Yost Vinyl Skin Installatio
Bill Hamm -- 5/20/2012, 2:39 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tom Yost CLEAR Vinyl Skin
Marc Upchurch -- 5/16/2012, 10:16 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tom Yost CLEAR Vinyl Skin
Dave Gentry -- 5/16/2012, 11:07 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tom Yost CLEAR Vinyl Skin
Yostwerks -- 5/17/2012, 1:03 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tom Yost CLEAR Vinyl Skin *PIC*
Dan Caouette -- 5/17/2012, 6:37 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Tom Yost CLEAR Vinyl Skin
Marc Upchurch -- 5/19/2012, 4:14 pm