What's the recommended stuff to waterproof your cotton canvas? BTW, we have found that "back out", an enzyme cleaner from our local coop will remove any mold spots easily. Lotsa mildew on the Orygun Coast ya know..... Cheers, Ri
On Mar 27, 2006, at 7:26 AM, Benny boy wrote: > Ok, i have installed 10 canvas in a row... most from GoWesty, some > from > CIP1.com and 2 from Busdepot. > > Verdict (cotton version): > > All good, only the one from Busdepot feel different, at fist i was not > impress with this one, feel way tinner and cheaper...but! after i > had finish > the installation, i was very happy (not to say impress)with the > fit, feel > and look (but me, i don't like the front square window), they were > single > square front window. this canvas strech easily (but it feel like i > would > tear it apart at first) and yes, the Busdepot one are the closest > in size to > the original than the other ones. Stangly, the Gowesty one were 2.5 > inchs > way to high??? not a big problem but stil. Also, i did some testing > with > heavy water! Again, i was sure that the Busdepot one wouldn't be > good under > heavy water.... again i was wrong. > > The Gowesty and CIP1 look alike and fit alike, very good feel and > fit also. > > I would like to see a 3 windows from Busdepot? > > Cheers, Ben > Saving Westfalia vanagon from a sure death. > http://www.benplace.com/84westy.htm > |
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