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    www.efabricsupplier.com

    Dunno if any of you are familiar with these guys, but I'm liking the pricing, and they have some of the following.

    66" wide 1.1oz calendared ripstop at $4.79 a yard
    1.9oz coated ripstop at $4.79 and $5.40 a yard
    72" wide 1.1oz calendared ripstop at $5.40 a yard
    72" wide 1.9oz at $4.79 a yard
    1.6oz coated digi camo for $4.20 a yard.

    I'm liking the thought of 72" wide materials, and 1.6oz coated digi camo materials for a tarp for my most recent creation.
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    1.6 oz is the weight before coating. It'll probably be closer to 3.0 oz finished, which will be a heavy tarp and wont pack down small.

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    That tarp is for Kayak camping, so that wouldn't be an issue. I have totally different plans for my new backpacking setup.

    4 yards of 72" 1.1 will do the trick on my backpacking setup.
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    Pretty sure that is the same place that has the 72" wide fabric on eBay.
    Shipping is pretty outrageous.
    Looks like they are offering free shipping on $50 orders for now though.
    Order enough to get free shipping and it could be a good deal.

    I've read good reports on the fabrics.
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    Quote Originally Posted by wirerat123 View Post
    4 yards of 72" 1.1 will do the trick on my backpacking setup.
    Not to be a downer, but calendered ripstop isn't waterproof. You might want to consider using silnylon for a tarp.


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    has anyone tried diy silcone impregnating calendared ripstop.
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    Senior Member wirerat123's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by JerryW View Post
    Not to be a downer, but calendered ripstop isn't waterproof. You might want to consider using silnylon for a tarp.


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    I already have the silnylon for the tarp, the 1.1 calendared is for the body.

    I'll be working on the tarp tonight, hope to get some nice weather in the next few days so i can get em hung up and take some pictures. Not exactly ultralight tarps by design, but plenty light enough to keep my backpacking load considered ultralight by all but the gram counters standards.
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    DIY silnylon

    Quote Originally Posted by wildcrafter View Post
    has anyone tried diy silcone impregnating calendared ripstop.
    I have been thinking about this for the last week. It easy to make a silicone coated tarp. Just mineral spirits and silicone caulking.
    But silicone impregnated nylon is a different story. I haven't seen any how-to's on this.
    BUT I came up with a possibility. If you made up the above solution and dunked your ripstop then stretched it out tightly on a line, not on the ground, then hit it evenly with a high powered leaf blower it might push the solution in between the threads.

    If anyone know's of any good deals on regular 1.1 or 1.3 uncoated, preferably uncalendered, with REASONABLE shipping, I would love to try it and report back.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rjcress View Post
    Pretty sure that is the same place that has the 72" wide fabric on eBay.
    Shipping is pretty outrageous.
    Looks like they are offering free shipping on $50 orders for now though.
    Order enough to get free shipping and it could be a good deal.

    I've read good reports on the fabrics.
    I recently order some of the 72" 1.9 and some 1.1 black from them. I offered a $1 less per yard (10 yards) and they accepted the offer. They also combined my order without me asking. 20 yards shipped for $14.99.

    The 1.9 was great. Used it for the hammock in the DIY no zipper bugnet thread. The 1.1 black was alright but I would cal it 2nds. It had some cosmetic defects. 2sticks is making a hammock from it.

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