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Winter Cover Material - TYVEK?
Interesting links, I always just thought Tyvek was housewrap.
I wonder how this stuff compares to sunbrella fabric? "Derek Rowell" wrote in message ... I'm thinking hard about using Tyvek this year to cover my pearson 422. You can buy it at Home Depot in wide rolls. Dupont advocates using it for covers, see http://www.tyvek.com/na/covers/english/. It has also been advocated for sails: http://www.boat-links.com/Tyvek/ and for hiking. The problems I see are 1) I'm not sure about its abrasion resistance, 2) how to join it at the seams, and 3) how to attach grommets (I saw an article that said there is a problem). I have used Tyvek tape (not made of Tyvek - used to join it) to hold blue tarps together over the winter and it faired better than any other tape I have used. DuPont gives instructions for sewing on their web site, but that's not something I want to get into until I have a workable pattern. Maybe the tape is good enough??? Derek "Graham" wrote in message ... One material that I have not seen in shops but is talked about for car covers etc is Dupont's Tyvek - This is a white material that is very tough - You see this used for Fedex envelopes and for sheathing houses. It is apparently waterproof and very light. Anyone know of anyone making boat tarps from this material? Any experience with it? Graham |
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Winter Cover Material - TYVEK?
Different purposes. Not fair to compare. Many boats
around here are shrinkwrapped for the winter but using shrinkwrap material for a bimini would look kind of tacky. But if could sell Tyvek for $22/yd I could retire Doug "Paul" wrote in message ble.rogers.com... Interesting links, I always just thought Tyvek was housewrap. I wonder how this stuff compares to sunbrella fabric? "Derek Rowell" wrote in message ... I'm thinking hard about using Tyvek this year to cover my pearson 422. You can buy it at Home Depot in wide rolls. Dupont advocates using it for covers, see http://www.tyvek.com/na/covers/english/. It has also been advocated for sails: http://www.boat-links.com/Tyvek/ and for hiking. The problems I see are 1) I'm not sure about its abrasion resistance, 2) how to join it at the seams, and 3) how to attach grommets (I saw an article that said there is a problem). I have used Tyvek tape (not made of Tyvek - used to join it) to hold blue tarps together over the winter and it faired better than any other tape I have used. DuPont gives instructions for sewing on their web site, but that's not something I want to get into until I have a workable pattern. Maybe the tape is good enough??? Derek "Graham" wrote in message ... One material that I have not seen in shops but is talked about for car covers etc is Dupont's Tyvek - This is a white material that is very tough - You see this used for Fedex envelopes and for sheathing houses. It is apparently waterproof and very light. Anyone know of anyone making boat tarps from this material? Any experience with it? Graham |
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Winter Cover Material - TYVEK?
Different purposes. Not fair to compare. Many boats
around here are shrinkwrapped for the winter but using shrinkwrap material for a bimini would look kind of tacky. But if could sell Tyvek for $22/yd I could retire Doug "Paul" wrote in message ble.rogers.com... Interesting links, I always just thought Tyvek was housewrap. I wonder how this stuff compares to sunbrella fabric? "Derek Rowell" wrote in message ... I'm thinking hard about using Tyvek this year to cover my pearson 422. You can buy it at Home Depot in wide rolls. Dupont advocates using it for covers, see http://www.tyvek.com/na/covers/english/. It has also been advocated for sails: http://www.boat-links.com/Tyvek/ and for hiking. The problems I see are 1) I'm not sure about its abrasion resistance, 2) how to join it at the seams, and 3) how to attach grommets (I saw an article that said there is a problem). I have used Tyvek tape (not made of Tyvek - used to join it) to hold blue tarps together over the winter and it faired better than any other tape I have used. DuPont gives instructions for sewing on their web site, but that's not something I want to get into until I have a workable pattern. Maybe the tape is good enough??? Derek "Graham" wrote in message ... One material that I have not seen in shops but is talked about for car covers etc is Dupont's Tyvek - This is a white material that is very tough - You see this used for Fedex envelopes and for sheathing houses. It is apparently waterproof and very light. Anyone know of anyone making boat tarps from this material? Any experience with it? Graham |
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