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Clemens replied to the topic Doubeling the width of seam strips? in the forum DIY Packrafts 3 years, 7 months ago
Alright, I’ll look into that!
Just to clarify the terms: By “sealant” on the outside you mean something like this? https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/B000O71L6Q/ref=sr_1_8?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&dchild=1&keywords=aqua+seam+sealer&qid=1617367555&sr=8-8
Or just the regular Aquasure?
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Clemens replied to the topic Doubeling the width of seam strips? in the forum DIY Packrafts 3 years, 7 months ago
Hey Matt!
Thanks for your quick reply. Unfortunately this was back in the day, when applying Aquasure on seams wasn’t ‘en vogue’ so I’ve only used it at the bottom bits where the seams join the floor. On my next one I’ll be sure to do it on the seams as well.
I’m now thinking about fixing all leaks in my existing rafts as good as possible and…[Read more]
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Clemens started the topic Doubeling the width of seam strips? in the forum DIY Packrafts 3 years, 8 months ago
Hello,
I’ve built three packrafts already (1x Ironraft, 2x DIY-packrafts) and I’m about to start with my fourth one.
I’ve been using the three boats on lakes, rivers and white water and all in all I’m very happy with them. Although my heat sealing techniques got better from boat to boat, I’m still far away from fully airtight builds and every…[Read more]
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Clemens replied to the topic DIY Packraft Photos in the forum DIY Packrafts 6 years, 8 months ago
Hey Eliot,
thanks a ton for the insights and thanks to Matt for putting up the documentation.
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I finished my first V3 on the weekend – all the outfitting is yet to come. I was so eager to try it out that I even forgot to pull off all of the masking tape.
Cheesy picture paddeling it on the Danube:
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Clemens replied to the topic Finished my V3! in the forum DIY Packrafts 6 years, 8 months ago
Hey Thomas!
Yep, he wood-form is described in the V3 instructions.
You’ll find it there at step 4.2 (and never want to miss it from then on :-)) -
Clemens replied to the topic Inaugural V3 trip in the forum DIY Packrafts 6 years, 8 months ago
Hey,
glad it all worked out in the end and congratulations: nice raft you built there! 🙂
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Clemens started the topic Necessity of the Top-Up-Valve? in the forum DIY Packrafts 6 years, 8 months ago
Hey guys!
A question for those of you who packraft frequently:
I was wondering: is the Top-Up-Valve really necessary? I see a lot of comercially available packrafts not having one – others do though.
Is it something you use regurlarly and would you recommend to install them?
Are there any known problems with them “sticking out” so heavily?
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Clemens replied to the topic DIY Packraft Photos in the forum DIY Packrafts 6 years, 10 months ago
It does look awesome – good job!
I’d also be really interested in the materials you used for the “rods” (I hope that’s the correct term) of the sprayskirt.
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Clemens replied to the topic Help & Questions re: DIY Packraft Construction in the forum DIY Packrafts 6 years, 10 months ago
Hey Logan!
I havn’t started building my packraft yet but I’d be curious to know how you proceeded. Did it work out in the end?
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Clemens replied to the topic Heat-sealing tools in the forum DIY Packrafts 6 years, 11 months ago
Hey Bruce!
I also want to thank you for all your inputs – really helpful! 🙂
What you mean by filing the foot is to make the bottom side completely flat, right?
Did you do this by hand? Is it hard to do?I also work with the Jingda-Iron and so far, I’m happy with my results (hadn’t much time to built yet though).
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Clemens replied to the topic New users say "Hi" here to prove you are not a Spam Bot in the forum DIY Packrafts 7 years, 1 month ago
Hi!
I’m not a bot from Austria – hopefully I’ll work as precise as one… 🙂
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