Uses for ripstop

[Gra_factor]

I see DIY gear has some inexpensive calendared ripstop.

http://www.diygearsupply.com/cgi-bin/shelf.cgi?numb=18

This leads me to a couple of questions: Is DWR or calendared ripstop a vapor barrier? If I used it for a hammock would I sweat?

What are its uses, apart from making quilts?

Thanks.

[FLRider]

It's not a vapor barrier.

Calendared means that the ripstop has been heat-treated with rollers to get the weave to tighten up and disallow down migration. DWR means that it's been treated with a water-repellant formula.

Both mean that the ripstop won't breathe quite as well as uncoated/uncalendared stuff, but you won't wake up in a pool of sweat using it for a hammock unless you're camping in weather that would cause that already.

I'd assume you could use it for just about any application you could use the base ripstop weight fabric for. On the other hand, DWR or calendared ripstop is usually more expensive than utreated ripstop in the same weight and pattern...so most folks go with the plain stuff in anything that doesn't require DWR or calendaring.

Hope it helps!

[Gra_factor]

Thanks for your response. The DIY gear seconds stuff is pretty cheap and I thought it might make a good hammock sock as a first DIY project.

[FLRider]

No problem. Hope things go well for you.

[JohnSawyer]

Thanks for your response. The DIY gear seconds stuff is pretty cheap and I thought it might make a good hammock sock as a first DIY project.

I find Scott's 2nds to be first rate. I have hammocks, top quilt, and soon an under quilt from his green....
It'll make a great sock... I switched from socks to an over cover, though....