[MR] Canvas

[Joe S]

Hi,

I'm in the process of making a tent (or rather two) I got the canvas for the
one I'm going to be finishing first from this seller on ebay:
http://myworld.ebay.com/midwest_tent/ they also have a website
http://www.midwesttent.com/catalog/. I have been using their 61"
waterproofed canvas and its great. Go with pre-shrunk no matter what
(laundering and ironing 50yards of canvas sucks). Its nice fabric, but its
pretty heavy at 13oz (I think that's due to the waterproofing, but it
otherwise seems similar to other 10 oz canvas). Price wise it was a little
over $6/yd after shipping. They sell it in rolls up to 20yds. Their business
seemed geared towards reenactors and they sell several period tents on their
website.

I started a more long-term tent making project back in December using a 50
yd roll of canvas I got from this ebay seller:
http://stores.ebay.com/brokerman20095. That canvas wasn't waterproof or
pre-shrunk and it took forever to pre-wash and iron out. Its nice canvas
though and the price was really nice ($125 + $25 shipping for the 50 yd roll
of 62" 10 oz canvas). He has a lot of sunbrella canvas which is probably
pre-shrunk and waterproofed too.

Gawin Kappler

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Alric <alric at alricthemad.com> wrote:

> Greetings,
> I believe someone recently posted about purchasing canvas for tents.
> Could you contact me off list
> Also anyone who has links to wholesale canvas please forward them to me.
>
> YIS
> Alric The Mad
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