Philip <kayakwriter_at_netscape.net> wrote: >> Years back we used to stock "recoat" products for tent floors and flies. >> We stopping carrying them as we realized we were creating customer >> frustration rather than satisfaction. Any consumer applied coating quickly >> develops terminal dandruff. The basic problem is that the factory coatings >> are applied with dozens of tiny nozzles, using coating thinned with ugly >> solvents that couldn't be included in a consumer product, and smoothed out >> by special blades as the fabric is rolled beneath them. >> Exactly. McNett's water-based product and their solvent-based product are both useless. I tried both, and they both fail. I suspect surface prep of the nylon may be an issue, also ... because the DIY-applied coating comes away clean from the nylon. OTOH, it could be that a seam-taped new top would work. Not a difficult sewing project, Evan. Seattle Fabrics, up your way, would have all the goodies. If you try it, please report back. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jan 18 2005 - 09:53:57 PST
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