how to talk wife into sewing for me..

**Crawldaddy** · 05-04-2007, 15:57

Im going to ask her to sew an odd size silnylon tarp for me. Shes an accomplished sewer but has never dealt with silnylon. What kind of differences will she confront messing with this kind of material? (It may take a bigger bribe from me) Thanx

**txulrich** · 05-04-2007, 16:13

Originally Posted by Crawldaddy

Im going to ask her to sew an odd size silnylon tarp for me. Shes an accomplished sewer but has never dealt with silnylon. What kind of differences will she confront messing with this kind of material? (It may take a bigger bribe from me) Thanx

The 2 biggest issues will be the size of the pieces and the slipperiness of the material. BTW, make sure she doesn't use cotton thread. It will eventually rot and your tarp will fall apart.

**Frolicking Dino** · 05-04-2007, 17:37

Has your wife ever made a wedding or prom dress? If so, she knows how to deal with the large, slippery pieces. I suggest a serious bribe.... flowers, candy and a foot rub.

**Peter_pan** · 05-04-2007, 19:19

Silnyl has been the undoing of many a fine relationship..... when she finds out how cheaply you can get most products made of silnyl she is going to extract pain on you at the rate of 10 fold the hassles you are setting her up for.....YPMV...

As a purveyor of silnyl tarps and bags I'm biased....

But know this.... Personally we gave up sewing this snot slippery stuff three years ago in favor of having a factory with double lap, double needle machines and automatic hemming machines do it private lable for us.... All in all better products and lower cost....

Certainly my days are more pleasant not messing with Silnyl.... But hey some folk get off on pain... try it you may like it.

Pan

**funbun** · 05-04-2007, 19:37

Forget getting her to sew it. Ask her to show you how to sew. As Brian Frankle said: if you learn how to sew, you can make whatever the Hell you want.

**gstepclassical** · 05-04-2007, 19:49

Just got done with two tarps and four stuff sacks. I can honestly say that I would rather slam my hand in a car door than sew silnylon.

**rptinker** · 05-04-2007, 20:04

Originally Posted by Frolicking Dino

Has your wife ever made a wedding or prom dress? If so, she knows how to deal with the large, slippery pieces. I suggest a serious bribe.... flowers, candy and a foot rub.

True Enough! When i asked my wife to sew a plastic tarp she demanded that i do the laundry two weeks in a row as a payment. A small tarp for two weeks worth of laundy? That started me up in the right direction. I never asked her again to sew anything for me! Seriously, I think the wife did it on purpose. I got the feeling that she was laughing behind my back. I have no regrets though...

**Nest** · 05-04-2007, 21:27

Get her a puppy.

**Coffee** · 05-04-2007, 23:40

Originally Posted by funbun

Forget getting her to sew it. Ask her to show you how to sew. As Brian Frankle said: if you learn how to sew, you can make whatever the Hell you want.

I'm with you here. Get her to teach you. I get a great feeling knowing that I made most of my gear, or all that I can at the time. Plus it is easier to fix if you need to.

BTW, I don't think sewing sil is that bad. I would rathere sew it than DWR or untreated ripstop. So much easier to deal with. You do not need to go through the added step of heat sealing the edges.

**blackbishop351** · 05-05-2007, 00:01

Originally Posted by hammock engineer

BTW, I don't think sewing sil is that bad. I would rather sew it than DWR or untreated ripstop. So much easier to deal with. You do not need to go through the added step of heat sealing the edges.

Same here. Sil doesn't stretch nearly as much as 1.1 oz. DWR when you're working with it, either.