Comment on Halloween Next Year Makin A Boat For My Bike Help

• FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  A coat of lacquer makes it surprisingly tough

  I used to make shit for movies, and I promise that fibreglass will be way too heavy

  You could always use a polyurethane foam

  That shit’s amazing

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    you have a specific lacquer you recommend? i just spent half an hour in the garage playing with really bendy thin plywood

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    • FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’m not Steve

      It’s been a long time since I’ve worked with lacquers, I’m sure technology has changed a bit

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      • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        i bought my trike a few months ago from a steve who used to make shit for movies, out near santa cruz ca. It would be remarkably serendipitous to be getting advice from the same dude. gave me a little chuckle for a moment.

        anyways, thanks so much for the advice. I’ve got to figure out precisely how i’m going to mount everything (i have a specific type of clamp in mind that i want to buy) but i like your suggestions. should i lacquer both sides of the paper (one at a time)?

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