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    New Member Azura's Avatar
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    best light fabric for tarp?

    I have a tarp and its Diy, but its heavy and that's something I am looking into changing in the future but I am wanting something lighter than what I have now. what would be something to change to that is much lighter? well what is something that you prefer?
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    all secure in sector 7 Shug's Avatar
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    Silnylon is fairly light and makes a terrific tarp.
    http://www.backwoodsdaydreamer.com/p...oated-fabrics/

    Also tarp guides.... http://www.backwoodsdaydreamer.com/diy-guides/tarps/
    Carry forth,
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    I too started with a diy tarp made from a superlight fabric found at WM. .65 oz./ square yd IIRC. After coating it 3 times with diy silicone, and it would still mist thru, it weighed more than the Tadpole I have now and I probably had as much money in it.
    Most of us end up poorer here but richer for being here. Olddog, Fulltime hammocker, 365 nights a year.

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