[MR] Canvas

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I'd not buy waterproofed as it would do 1 of two things if I recall
right, make dying it harder, or worse make it so the dye will not be
even giving a tie dye look.  Nope, preshrunk, un
water-proofed/fire-proofed is what I need.   I've heard goodthings
about the "Sunforger" type/brand.

Sara

On 17/06/2010, Joe S <jjshafferjr at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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