Hi Folks
I've had my canoe on the water about three months now and am still loving every minute.
Unfortunately my seats have both collapsed.They are made using plastic cane sheet held into a routed groove by a strip of tightly pressed in and glued cane.After very little use( as i spend most of my time sitting on the yolk anyway.)they have popped out.I used titebond to glue them in and a tapered wedge of wood to press them in.Would using a better adhesive cure the problem or might it be better to use a few veneer pins to hold the cane in place?
regards
Alick
Help my cane seats have collapsed!
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I would definiteley NOT use Gorilla glue. I've used it a few times and it foams like crazy. It would take forever to clean the stuff out of the caning. I'd go with Titebond III or epoxy but these would make the caning permanent. I've never used plastic cane but I would suspect that it doesn't have the same grip as natural cane in a pressed in installation. At this point I would err on the side of caution and go permanent. If the caning ever breaks it will likely be easier to replace the seats than it will be to replace the cane. In that case I would go natural and weave it on the next seat.
Frugal-
Just curious what type of finish you apply to your natural cane seats, if any, and how has it held up?
Alick-
Depending on how your seat frames look, you could always just drill the necessary holes and weave the cane this winter, raother than using the sheet type cane. The weaving is really not that bad. Goes quickly once you've begun and get a pattern going.. Just a thought.
Thanks,
Terry
Just curious what type of finish you apply to your natural cane seats, if any, and how has it held up?
Alick-
Depending on how your seat frames look, you could always just drill the necessary holes and weave the cane this winter, raother than using the sheet type cane. The weaving is really not that bad. Goes quickly once you've begun and get a pattern going.. Just a thought.
Thanks,
Terry
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they've fallen out again!
it hasnt taken long and they've fallen out again.This time i have routed my groove and changed it for a rebate.i have then made some beading to screw down ontop.I have stapled the plastic cane into the rebate,covered bead cane and rebate in epoxy adhesive and screwed the beads tight ontop! hopefully this will work....