Matt Broze wrote: > > [snip] In North America I know of no manufacturer of kayaks that uses > chopper gun construction. A few cheap canoes are made using a chopper gun > but it is more commonly used for making shower stalls and portable toilets. > The hand laid "chopped strand mat" in mat form is a step up from a sprayed > on "chopper gun" laminate. [snip] > > The next step up the fiberglass construction scale is a sandwich > construction with cloth or cloth and woven roving [megasnip] Wow! Thank you, Matt, for a lucid comparison of layup techniques. Great writing and solid information. You clarified a ton of things for me. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR chemist *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Feb 04 2000 - 02:34:21 PST
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