a hammock sock outta this .. you might be on to something there .. hmm wheels are spinning .. I like that ideaOriginally Posted by Pipsissewa
+1 on all the above. This material might be better suited to use as a underquilt protector or hammock sock, as many have done.
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"The wise man questions others wisdom because he questions his own, the foolish man because it is different from his own." Leo Stein
Sorry for the thread necro, but I found some of this fabric by the yard (for $2/yard) and I'm experimenting with it. For the life of me the most I can find about this stuff calls it "multi-ply microporous polypropylene" -- no brand names for the material that I can dig up and no vendors that I can find. I am experimenting with using it for non-structural winter weatherization. I'm using it on the outside of an enclosed, insulated hammock. Will post results.
Last edited by curvedinfinity; 12-17-2013 at 12:31.
Where??! Pray tell!
"Pips"
Mountains have a dreamy way
Of folding up a noisy day
In quiet covers, cool and gray.
---Leigh Buckner Hanes
Surely, God could have made a better way to sleep.
Surely, God never did.
Did some googling and I am interested in the results, but that material is what they use for surgical gowns. Having zero experience with that material I have no input as to how it would work out...
"We do not go to the green woods and crystal waters to rough it, we go to smooth it."- G. W. Sears
My forum name is Fish<><; I'm in the navy; and I hate sleeping on the ground. If I didn't need ground to walk on or measure resistance to, I think I could happily give it up.
So I thought it was the exact same thing as the frogg toggs material, but it's slightly different. The frogg toggs material has a non-woven backing material (like a felt). My fabric has a similar coating on one side (I think it's also polypropylene), but the backing is a woven mesh (appears to be polyester or polypropylene). Found it at walmart of all places in a sky blue color. It is water resistant and appears to be a little breathable (as in it doesn't form a vapor barrier). It's not durable at all, but I have yet to decide if it isn't acceptable -- haven't field tested it yet.Where??! Pray tell!
I did make an insulated hammock with it. I used a polyester load bearing piece for the actual hammock, and then sewed some synthetic insulation and the polypropylene shell onto it. I'm going to sew a wrap-around top onto the hammock made with the same PP material. It's kind of a combo of a sock, underquilt, hammock and tarp. Total material cost was about $50. More later.
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