Sil ARGON

[HammockHunter]

Alright anybody got a tarp made out of this stuff yet?

[Boston]

check the DIY Forum. There's a few threads there.

[MAD777]

I'm in the middle of making one now. It's been a great. material to work with. I believe that it will make a worthy tarp, obviously, I haven't had it in the field yet. Although,
I do have 1.1 sil-nylon, spinnaker and cuben tarps to compare it to.

[Mouseskowitz]

I have the fabric but the tarp isn't done. I think I've seen at least 2 posted as Boston mentioned.

[UrsaMajor1887]

I am looking at making a couple of these in the near future and I was wondering if the sil Argon stretches like the sil Nylon requiring those shock cord/surgical tubing auto tensioning thingies of if it is more like my Cuben with no real stretch?

[CountryRoads]

I posted about the Argon sil tarp I made in the "Argon sil nylon" thread in the dutchware forum. I am super happy with my tarp.

[aboyd]

Just finished cutting out the panels tonight for mine. Hope to start stitch in tomorrow.

[Mouseskowitz]

I am looking at making a couple of these in the near future and I was wondering if the sil Argon stretches like the sil Nylon requiring those shock cord/surgical tubing auto tensioning thingies of if it is more like my Cuben with no real stretch?

I believe that it is still nylon, just a special weave. So, I'm under the assumption that there will be similar stretch issues.

[Boston]

Yes, it is very stertchy. More so than 1.1 sil I've worked with previously.

[MAD777]

All sil-nylon tarps need auto tensioning tie-outs IMO. Cat cuts are also a necessity. I cut my tarp with 3/4" per foot cat cuts. (3" deep curve for 4' length side).
I save some weight by installing auto-tensioning tie-outs only on one side of the tarp and one end of the ridgeline.