Re: [Paddlewise] Charts on Tyvek

From: Dave Kruger <dkruger_at_pacifier.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 22:20:21 -0700
Evan Dallas wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know if nautical charts printed on Tyvek (that practically
> indestructible stuff some envelopes are made of) are available?  For
> Canada?  I thought I had heard somewhere that this was being used, tho I
> could have dreamt it...
> (I'm tired of my charts falling apart after a season or two).

Interesting concept.  How would you do the printing?  Copiers handle Tyvek?  I
believe some handle lighter grades of drafting Mylar, which would be as
durable as Tyvek, but not reversibly crushable.

It may be easier to make a color copy and then laminate it.  Printing on Tyvek
will wear.

-- 
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR


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