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By my math that equals about 1.57 oz / sq yd. Including hems, thread, tie-outs... pretty close to the 1.3 advertised by commercial syl vendors. Good job.

How did you mix it? A stick and lots of...

I don't think it will be "glued" together, but it will stick together. The concern would be when you pull the stuck pieces apart, will that pull some of the sil off and leave a bare spot? It won't...

The fabric is the "old fashioned" kind of plain jane camo, not digital, ~1.1 oz/sq yd, no coating whatsoever, rip stop nylon.

Yep - as Ramblinrev suggested - treat, then sew, because of the...

yep - spent the week under it while the wife was away (trying out my new bridge and tweaking the ridge length on the other), and it rained a couple of nights.

waterproof, then sew.

Nope. But...

...the first piece, where I only mixed the solution for 5 minutes, did have lots of small flakes of silicone after it dried. No problem to pick them off, if the looks bother you...

Scored! Found some camo 1.1 oz ripstop in the dollar bin! But… only 5 yards. :( I was hoping to make an 8x8 tarp, guess it will have to be a 7.5 x 8 (or nine). Interesting, it’s 68” wide....

$6 hand mixer from Wally's world. Worth every penny.

Not slippery and not tacky. More rubbery.

The caulk tube is 10.6 fluid ounces.. hmmm, fluid, hmm... is a fluid ounce more or less than a mass ounce... hmmm... I actually used most of the tube for a tarp that was going to be 10x8 finished. ...

This is what I did, twice for each piece, except I used a small foam roller to press it in.



Clean the floor as best you can. Fortunately for me there were no oil spots from cars or anything...

My results weren't as good as WarBonnets. I used 1 gallon of coleman gas, a $6 hand mixer from walmart, a big tube of 100% silicone caulk, a 5 quart plastic bucket, some foam rollers/brushes, and $1...