Techniques for folding a silicon-nylon tarp

[OldRagFreeze]

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but if that tarp has a coating, it isn't a sil nylon tarp. With Sil nlyon, the silicone is impregnated into the fabric.

I think he just means the feel of the tarp in general. I could see someone calling it a 'coating.'

[overthinker]

Camp teardown is almost as important as camp setup for me, especially when I am on multi-day trips spreading over several camp locations. It's easy to be caught off guard when setting up in the dark after packing lazy the day before.

+1 for snakeskins with a continuous ridgeline to solve these problems. Just pull the whole package out of your pack, connect to trees, and stake out. Really fast and simple, and most people store this on the outside of the pack for easy access and to dry out while traveling.

That is the best suggestion so far! Good idea to roll while suspended and keep off the ground. I will also check out the snakeskins or maybe will end up making my own so I can customize with additional pouches for my cordage and other accessories on my ridgeline (lamp hook, clips for my organizer pouches, ThermaCell clip, etc.). Thanks !

This would be a good place to start:

https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/...ead.php?t=1408

[Ramblinrev]

If I understand correctly, silnyl now comes in two compositions. The more expensive is silicon _impregnated_ nylon. The other, cheaper composition is silicon _coated_ nylon. Needless to say, among the low end products I would expect to find the silicon _coated_ nylon masquerading as the more expensive stuff.

[newfieghost]

I have the same tarp and I find that leaving the bag attached to the center and stuffing it in with the four corners in last the trapped air is kept to a minimum.

[Drybones]

I just got into the hammock business, made two hammocks and a tarp, first time I put the tarp up the wind was blowing, really hard to deal with a tarp in high wind, made a set of snake skins, they work great.

[gnar]

you do not want to fold tarps, it create creases that eventually will make the tarp less water proof..that is the reason we stuff or use snakeskins ant it sounds that it way be a pu coated tarp?

ill second that, i stuff my tarps. not good to fold em

[SilvrSurfr]

I can't imagine how you would fold a tarp in the field - you would either need an assistant, or you'd have to lay it on the ground (which would defeat the OCD/neatfreak goal of keeping everything neat, clean and organized).

[nothermark]

FWIW - I never heard of a polyethylene coated tarp but polyurethane is pretty common for tarps and rain gear. It comes in two coating thickness's.

Silnylon has some differences:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silnylon

explains it better than I can. I will be more suspicious of Sil. ;-)

[ADKrella]

FWIW - I never heard of a polyethylene coated tarp but polyurethane is pretty common for tarps and rain gear. It comes in two coating thickness's.

Silnylon has some differences:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silnylon

explains it better than I can. I will be more suspicious of Sil. ;-)

polyethylene waterproofing under specs tab.

[visionarylion]

I can't imagine how you would fold a tarp in the field - you would either need an assistant, or you'd have to lay it on the ground (which would defeat the OCD/neatfreak goal of keeping everything neat, clean and organized).

My thoughts exactly