TeeDee and I are currently adapting a Hammock Bliss noseeum netting for one of the Narrow Bridges he's made. We purchased a Hammock Bliss noseeum netting from GoFastAndLight for $30.87 + S&H. Too good a deal to pass up and we wanted to see if it would fit a Bridge and if not what it took to make it fit.
It won't fit as is, which is pretty much what we expected.
Well we didn't want to spend any more than necessary for the alterations since we didn't know if it would work even then.
So in a visit to the local Hancock Fabrics on a 40% off sale day, we purchased some black chiffon for about $4/yard. Pretty amazing stuff in it's own right. The mesh is easy to see through and a whole lot finer than the noseeum or the nanoseeum.
We've got one end fitted and will do the other end in pretty much the same and it will work well.
My question: has anybody here used Chiffon in place of noseeum before. Either for patching or for a whole netting.
From handling it, it seems about as tough as the noseeum. The mesh is a whole lot finer, i.e., smaller, and so it seems that it should work as a substitute. About the only disadvantage we can think there may be is that the finer mesh may block more air inside the netting.
If it will make a viable substitute, then, it is a a lot easier to get locally, i.e., possible, and if purchased on a 40% day at Hancock or Joanne Fabrics, a whole lot less expensive.
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