introCozy Boat Episode 2: A New Skin
The Cozy Boat finally needed a new skin.
Seagull poop ate holes in the cotton denim skin. Then the seagulls pecked at the holes to see if it had tasty guts. They pecked right through the closed cell foam layer. Now you couldn't use the boat at all without getting a wet butt.
Ray and Chloe volunteered to make a new skin.
Seagull poop ate holes in the cotton denim skin. Then the seagulls pecked at the holes to see if it had tasty guts. They pecked right through the closed cell foam layer. Now you couldn't use the boat at all without getting a wet butt.
Ray and Chloe volunteered to make a new skin.

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step 1Old and Broken
Here's what the old skin looked like. It lasted a few years, but the seagulls were wrecking it.
Peel it off, exposing the closed-cell foam layer underneath.
Peel it off, exposing the closed-cell foam layer underneath.

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Jul 5, 2010. 7:39 PMMysteriousDragon
says:
You could potentially use the tarp as a skin to begin with and not have
to replace it later, right?
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Jan 10, 2010. 9:52 PM
dla888
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dla888
says:
As kids we (the neighborhood kids) used an old plastic bathtub as a boat. It was real easy to use once you got the hang of it.
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Oct 8, 2009. 9:57 AMmacrumpton
says:
You might want to try a technique from modern skin on frame kayaks and
apply a Dacron skin which can be heat shrunk with a heat gun to fit, and
then coated with a sealant. It would give you a tauter smoother skin and
the sealant would take care of any lashing holes.
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May 17, 2008. 4:49 PMGorillazMiko
says:
I love it as much as those kids do. (Hopefully they don't hate it, and
then the step title has to be changed.) +5/5 stars.
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May 15, 2008. 4:16 PMgmoon
says:
Ah, nice! I'm "fav"ing this one, and taking notes--I've got
an old Klepper, but the skin is shot...
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May 15, 2008. 2:14 PMjoejoerowley
says:
Very Cool! Great Instructable!
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