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I bought some gore tex thread some time ago for use on my biminis.
A seam on my 16 whalers bimini finally separated and I decided to try out the gore tex thread. Gore tex thread (aka tenara) is like 10x the cost of polyester and has a lighter initial breaking strength. I have been doing basic repairs to sails and tops with V-69 polyester but because goretex does not rot in the sun like the polyester does they say you can use a lighter weight and get away with it. I want to recall reading that the stuff was difficult to stitch with and that may be why I have passed up other opportunities to experiment with it but to my surprise I had NO problems with it running through my old Kenmore sewing machine. When filling the bobbins the thread felt very inconsistant and uneven (lumpy!) but to my surprise I had no problems working with it ! |
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