Someone posted that you can purchase outdoor fabrics from some seattle site... www.seatlefabricsalesmendriveporches.com or some such site. I found that you can get a coated ripstop at http://www.milehightextile.com for 2.95/yd. I don't know that this is a resonable price, but I do know it's less than half the price the seatle site had posted. Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Mike McNally wrote: > > Someone posted that you can purchase outdoor fabrics from some seattle > site... www.seatlefabricsalesmendriveporches.com or some such site. I found > that you can get a coated ripstop at http://www.milehightextile.com for > 2.95/yd. I don't know that this is a resonable price, but I do know it's > less than half the price the seatle site had posted. One thing that comes to mind is whether it is tent quality or clothing quality - the significant difference being fire resistance and a rough factor of two in price. Sometimes I get good deals on fabric from dealers that stock ends of runs etc. This gets the cost down a lot. So you may be comparing end of run or discontinued color to a regular stock product at the other dealer. It pays to shop and not be fussy about the color at times. Mike PS - Amie got me about a gazillion feet of light, white Dacron that's 18 inches wide for $3 (garage sale). I don't know what to do with it all, but kites come to mind. I'm in the middle of making a hammock with it. Got myself a serger for Christmas, so I'll be able to finish the fancy paddling clothes projects over the winter (content). *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Another way to get good quality tenting is to visit the Temagami River at the turn of May/June just downstream of the Island Falls/Ragged Chutes complex. Usually lots of great gear to be had, and even the odd boat, though usually the boats are not in great shape. Cheers, Richard Culpeper Michael Daly wrote: --snip-- > Sometimes I get good deals on fabric from dealers that stock ends of > runs etc. This gets the cost down a lot. So you may be comparing > end of run or discontinued color to a regular stock product at > the other dealer. It pays to shop and not be fussy about the color > at times. --snip-- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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