Ironing out the wrinkles

[Gene T]

Just finished skinning my Longshot  The 11.5 oz dacron worked out pretty well in that the hull skin is tight and no wrinkles.  On the deck however,  I managed to end up with more than I would like.  My questions are, when I practiced skinning on another object, I could not iron out the wrinkles or skrink the fabric.  Was my iron not hot enough? Or am I just impatient?

 

thanks

gene

[Kudzu]

Both probably. But the 11 oz doesn't  have much shrink because of the tight weave but it will shrink some. But you have to get it pretty hot too.  But keep n mind it is a skin boat and it will have some wrinkles!

[mitchmellow]

Although I used the 8 oz. recycled fabric I had similar questions and some of the responses may help you.  There was a detailed response about calibrating the iron that was especially helpful.  Good luck.  Here's the link to my post:

http://www.messing-about.com/forums/topic/8680-heat-shrinking-question/

[Gene T]

Thank you to Jeff and mitchmellow.  I obtained a hotter working iron and ironed out the wrinkles.  Better than I could have guessed it would.  It has it's first coat of paint and I love the results of the build.  Jeff, you created a hot looking boat that will drive me nuts not to use till April.  That's when the ice usually leaves the lake open.  It weighed in at 34 pounds.  I don't know how much the several coats of paint is going to add.

 

Thanks again to all who helped, whether you knew it or not.  I read the forum and it's a great resource.