[MR] Canvas

[Cindy Jenkins]

I believe that is what Panther Pavilion uses for it's tent.  the Sunforger
canvas. I have a friend who bought one from there and it's still going even
after nearly 10 years of usage.

Shrewlet

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 2:10 PM, <the.lady.phoenix at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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