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    Quote Originally Posted by TinaLouise View Post
    I did use tailers chalk but it tended to dust out to anything that touched that piece of silnylon.
    That's the problem with chalk. Tailors wax does not do that but it is harder to find.
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    i've found white tailors chalk hard to get completely off black sil before.

    (edit) i just went and checked, and "crayola twistables" seem to work pretty well and come off pretty easily. it's sort of a mechanical colored pencil, available at wallyworld.
    Last edited by warbonnetguy; 04-11-2009 at 21:32.

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    Tailor's chalk mechanical pencil from Hancock Fabrics. Comes with many white sticks and several colors: red, yellow, blue...

    This is what I used for 2 quilts and more than 8 down sleeves. The marks will "dust off" if you handle the fabric a lot before sewing. But I never had a problem making all the marks for 8 baffles on two pieces of fabric and then doing the sewing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by warbonnetguy View Post
    i've found white tailors chalk hard to get completely off black sil before.
    Tailor's chalk is easily removed with a warm iron. A quick swipe with the warm iron and it's invisible. It's not really gone, just melted into the fabric and invisible.

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    A grease pencil from the hardware store works great for me. I have a couple different colors depending on the color of the sil. It rubs off and doesn't get all over my fingers like a marker does.

    I always try to cut the lines off or put them on the inside when I can. I also cut along the ripstop when I can. I figure they are straighter than I can draw.
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    Careful on the 'drawing on the ripstop' part - silnylon, especially along the axis perpendicular to the length of the fabric, can often have a skewing of (up to) several inches in the ripstop pattern! Your best bet is to use a woodworker's square or other tool to get a truly perpendicular line.

    Often times the ripstop is straight as an arrow - just be aware of the limitations. I've had to re-cut more rectangular tarps that I care to acknowledge based on that curvature.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian View Post
    Careful on the 'drawing on the ripstop' part - silnylon, especially along the axis perpendicular to the length of the fabric, can often have a skewing of (up to) several inches in the ripstop pattern! Your best bet is to use a woodworker's square or other tool to get a truly perpendicular line.

    Often times the ripstop is straight as an arrow - just be aware of the limitations. I've had to re-cut more rectangular tarps that I care to acknowledge based on that curvature.
    Does sil have a bias like other material? My wife is often talking to me about such. It can really have impact on the material. My experience is very limited, however I use my 4 ft. T-square and a cutting board on what little bit I have done.
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    Every woven material has a bias. That is the flexing that occurs when the fabric is pulled diagonal to the weave. The bias is greatest at 45* to the weave.
    I may be slow... But I sure am gimpy.

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    interestingly "sailcloth" uses chemicals and resins to glue the fibers together to resist stretch on the bias

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