About 10 years ago I bought a 40x20 plastic tarp for $200 from The
Chandlery here in Ottawa. It is black on one side, silver grey on the
other, and has a filament woven in it. Although it has a couple of
small holes, and is a bit ratty, I think it has a couple of more years
left in it.


"Graham" wrote:

Canvas winter covers are expensive and rot out in about 10 years (Quoted
C$1400 for a 36x22). Cheap woven plastic tarps wear out in a year or two
(Can buy similar size for C$100 - $200)

Has anyone used any other type of cover? One would think that here would be
some type of synthetic fabric that would outlast canvas yet still have it's
weight and abrasion resistance.


Larry Bradley VE3CRX
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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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