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    What type of fabric is this?

    Hey everyone,

    I found some fabric at my local walmart. I'm going to go pick it up tomorrow (didn't have enough money when I found it) if its still there, but I'd like to know what it is. I have no experience with fabric, but I know what 1.9oz ripstop nylon is as that's what I'm currently using for my hammock body. I'm guessing this is 1.1 oz ripstop nylon? Its really thin, you can see through it, and it has no type of coating on it. It frays into really fine 'fluffy' frays.

    What would this be good for? I'm sure it too weak for a hammock body right? I had a 1.9 oz body rip right in half once. I can't believe 1.1 would hold up at all. Thoughts?




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    Yep, 1.1oz rip stop would be my guess. I've used that same type stuff from the dollar bin for under & top quilts (shell & liner). You could spray the outter shell of either a top or bottom quilt made w/ that stuff with DWR to help it's water, wind, & down resistance.
    It could probably be used for a double hammock too.
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    the brown material looks just like some stuff I have. Weighs 1.0 oz/sq yd, uncoated. I made a double-bodied hammock with it that holds me up just fine (I'm 190 lbs).

    Grizz

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    Looks like the same two pieces I found in the Springfield, MO Walmart. Here's what I found (YMMV):

    The olive drab was uncoated nylon ripstop, probably 1.1 ounce. I could breath through it. I didn't buy any of this.

    The gray-green was VERY light silnylon. I couldn't breath through it at the store and it passed the no-water-leak test at home. It seems exceptionally light at 1.1 ounces/sq yard on my home scales (1.1 ounce silnylon usually weighs 1.3-1.5 ounces after the silicon coating is applied).

    What can you use it for......Lots of stuff!

    You could use the uncoated to make a double-layer hammock or a breathable over-cover to add a little warmth to your hammock.

    I'm planning to use the sil to make a lightweight under-cover. The scraps will go to a variety of stuff sacks. You can also make Bishop bags or snake skins.

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    If I could only find any weight ripstop at walmart 1$ bin

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    Amen jmudler. What is it with you guys and Wal-Mart? I can't find anything good like that.

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    I check this walmart all the time. Luckily, around me, there are 3 walmart's that still have fabric but they are all being phased out. Pretty soon there won't be any fabric.

    If you live around Harper's Ferry WV, go to CharlesTown, Martinsburg, or Winchester (the second walmart there, not the first) and they all still have fabric departments.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JaxHiker View Post
    Amen jmudler. What is it with you guys and Wal-Mart? I can't find anything good like that.
    I think its a big city versus rural thing. I live in Kansas City, MO. I've NEVER found any useful fabric at any of the Walmarts here. Springfield is a pretty large town, but its in a very rural part of the state. I stopped there on a lark on my way to a backpacking trail in that part of the state.

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    I know my local WalMart has a really busy fabric department. The local high schools and universities shop there.
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    I travel all over Texas for work and I try to stop by every Wallyworld (if I have time) to see if they have any $1 ripstop. I have yet to find any silnylon. Most fabric departments are phasing out or at least reducing what they have to one isle.
    It's sad...

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