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mbeyer
04/13/2011 07:39PM
  
How do you decide how wide you need for buying fiberglass cloth? Is 30" standard width?
 
Cedarboy
04/13/2011 08:25PM
  
I buy 60 inch wide 6 oz from Northwest Canoe. Standard for that wt.
It drapes across entire hull with a couple inches extra at the center(widest of course) of the boat.
CB
 
buffalodick
04/13/2011 09:17PM
  
Go with 60" wide cloth.
I would never splice cloth on the outside of the canoe.
Dick
 
HighPlainsDrifter
04/13/2011 09:20PM
  

I used 60", 6 oz and purchased with my resin from Systems III.


I am no expert on cloth, but some of the companies (like SYSTEMS III) make a point of saying that their cloth is "made" for their resins.


I have no idea if cloth is created equal, but I do know that you will find many of the canoe building books "suggesting" you buy your cloth from your resin supplier.
 
Bannock
04/14/2011 11:33AM
  
60 wide, especially for the outside. You might be OK with 30 for the inside.