Date:         Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:56:58 -0400
Reply-To:     Jonce Fancher <streetbugs@FRONTIER.COM>
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From:         Jonce Fancher <streetbugs@FRONTIER.COM>
Subject:      Re: Canvas Replacement-I Regret Ever Buying This Van!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sunbrella is a solution dyed Acrylic.
Nylon is Nylon.
Polyester is Polyester.
Nylon will fade and if backed ( like a back pack) it can stop water.
BUT does not like weather and will fade and stretch and shrink.
Polyester will fade as well but is dimensionally stable will let
water in unless backed.
Cotton will swell and slow down water from coming in.
BUT. Different finishes and treatments for each item can make it work
for many applications. Fire Retard. UV Pigments, water repellency and
many other treatments can be manufactured into the fabric to meet
your needs. Almost all Fabric stores have NO CLUE what the fabric is
made of and what it is designed to do. Most are imports and will not
give you the wear, colorfastness, water repellency you may want.
Also for the time to build a new canvas it is easier to just order
one. I can make my own. Many years of sitting behind the machine BUT
why reinvent the wheel.
All in good fun!
Jonce


>Isn't _Sunbrella_ a polyester fabric?  Nylon (acrylic) gets eaten up
>by the sun (UV), while polyester is pretty sturdy to UV.  mcneely
>
>---- Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> > Let me know how that goes. It will involve a lot more careful measuring
> > than sewing (except for the zippers and flaps) and within my sewing
> > abilities, but I was wondering how it was for being put away wet,
> > breathability with a heater, etc.
> >
> > I'm talking about the really lightweight stuff, not Cordura, of course.
> > Sunbrella, however hard it might be to work with, sounds like the only
> > protection agains the burning sun, though.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Stephen Grisanti
> <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>wrote:
> >
> > > Actually, my bride (the seamstress) is planning to do this when
> our canvas
> > > needs replacing.  She has already purchased the fabric and is
> awaiting the
> > > removal of ours in order to begin making her pattern.  I will need to
> > > recheck the fabric she got but I believe it is ripstop.
> > >
> > > Stephen
> > >
> > > --- On *Mon, 4/16/12, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>* wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > From: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
> > > Subject: Re: Canvas Replacement-I Regret Ever Buying This Van!!!!!!!!!!!!
> > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > > Date: Monday, April 16, 2012, 4:56 PM
> > >
> > >
> > > Has anyone sewn one up out of ripstop nylon?
> > >
> > > Just wondering,
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > >
>
>--
>David McNeely