Membrane Sil 15 denier Review

[doogie]

Any updates from the mill on what the preferred seam sealant should be? Any other success stories other than the loctite product? I'm going to start construction on my tarp this week.

[ripstopbytheroll]

Any updates from the mill on what the preferred seam sealant should be? Any other success stories other than the loctite product? I'm going to start construction on my tarp this week.

I tested the sea to summit product on the shiny side of Membrane sil and it worked perfectly. If nothing else, you can use that product without worry. I haven't circled back and tried the silnet but will do it today. My gut tells me that at least one side of this pre-production lot has some PU, which is thus causing some issues with Silnet and other 100% silicone sealants. Sil/PU is not a problem in general, but you have to test each particular recipe to make sure 100% silicone sealants will work.

[t8rh8r]

I'm probably getting some membrane sil to play with soon. Won't be sealing it as I'm making an asym tarp, but it will be cool to see what it's like to work with. I'm almost positive that traditional Silnylon may have ruined a couple of my sewing machines, so here's to better sewing with membrane sil.

[olsont]

is the sea to summit product being used called "Sea to Summit Ultra Seam-SIL"
any updates on the loctite?
I will be trying one of these at some point and can report back

[doogie]

I had good luck with using silicone gasket material thinned with white gas (Coleman fuel). I tried to keep it on just the thread. On material only test pieces it had trouble with one side of the material, but adhered reasonably well on the other (If I tried I could rub it off)