DIY Packraft | Dave | Activity https://www.diypackraft.com/members/nldave/activity/ Activity feed for Dave. Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:07:35 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 6b5df123fcda55c7e2d05bcb8846c8bd Dave replied to the topic DIY Packraft Photos in the forum DIY Packrafts https://www.diypackraft.com/forums/topic/diy-packraft-photos/#post-4811 Fri, 27 Oct 2017 12:55:53 -0700 Yes, totally! Interested to see how it handles solo as well.

]]> 0 ee988625244850ee8bc0b278ced1ac12 Dave changed their profile picture https://www.diypackraft.com/activity/p/1039/ Thu, 03 Aug 2017 17:04:19 -0700 0 f96f1402910b5cc0241767ae28cd4d89 Dave replied to the topic DIY Packraft Photos in the forum DIY Packrafts https://www.diypackraft.com/forums/topic/diy-packraft-photos/#post-3796 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 14:47:05 -0700 Very happy to show off the newly completed packraft, as you can see using the new green fabric! I tested it out yesterday and it worked very well. It’s impressive how lightweight yet rugged these craft are.

I still plan to install a top-up valve, and multiple tie downs for a packtach system.

My only issue now is in trying to fix a slow leak.…[Read more]

]]> 0 107ff5b86d358893d3ddb90d2a70a165 Dave replied to the topic tpu side in the forum DIY Packrafts https://www.diypackraft.com/forums/topic/tpu-side/#post-3741 Wed, 26 Jul 2017 12:16:32 -0700 Hopefully I didn’t cause too much alarm with my question.  In my tests the minor stuff didn’t seem to leak, but a couple of the more majorly damaged areas did. When I say “leak”, the area appeared damp on the outside after a couple of minutes and then a bead slowly formed.

Probably I should explain how I did my tests. I took some scrap material…[Read more]

]]> 0 db31b5978a0b49cdc59e5edf40c75e4e Dave replied to the topic tpu side in the forum DIY Packrafts https://www.diypackraft.com/forums/topic/tpu-side/#post-3708 Mon, 24 Jul 2017 12:42:57 -0700 I did some tests with scrap fabric and found that damaging the tpu coating allowed for some water to creep through the fabric, so I guess I’ve answered that question. What I’m looking at now is how to correct it. I was thinking of applying seam gripper to these areas – I assume on the tpu side?

]]> 0 744d0bbe62c17916f0170f27b2373549 Dave started the topic tpu side in the forum DIY Packrafts https://www.diypackraft.com/forums/topic/tpu-side/ Sun, 23 Jul 2017 15:03:40 -0700 Packraft construction well underway. question..i’ve occasionally touched the exposed tpu side with my iron leaving marks. is this something i should be concerned with? the marks are generally very small, except one 1″ section that looks a bit fried.

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