I found almost ten yards of 2oz coated polyester in Wal Mart today, as well as 5 yards of 1.1 oz silnylon.
Has anyone heard of COATED polyester?
Thanks for your help.
Mule
I found almost ten yards of 2oz coated polyester in Wal Mart today, as well as 5 yards of 1.1 oz silnylon.
Has anyone heard of COATED polyester?
Thanks for your help.
Mule
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Yep! That's all I've ever been able to find at Walmart.
I've made a handful of hammocks with it, no problems. They have been given as gifts to friends.
You can see the glare of the coating in this shot. My first DIY hammock; sure have learned a lot since.
is that stuff woven like rip stop? with the little squares? I think I have a bunch of it in dark green and pale light green- I guess I'll make hammocks out of it- it doesnt seem like it would breath real well if at all???
Yep. The only way I can tell the difference between in and nylon is to use one of the tests mentioned on this site. I use the 'burn test', mostly because I like fire.
I haven't really put enough nights in a polyester hammock to say for sure if it breaths well, but I didn't notice any difference in my limited experience with them. Most of my DIY hammocks have been experiments; same fate as lab mice.
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