Re: [Paddlewise] Sewing Question

From: Dave Kruger <kdruger_at_pacifier.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:11:27 -0700
alex wrote:
> Dave, - is Dacron a nylon or polyester? Both are good, IMHO - but cotton
> blend of course isn't. I prefer pure nylon to pure polyesther, as nylon can
> also be reinforced additionally with a drop of Aquaseal over the seam, while
> polyester has poor adhesion.

Have not had that problem, maybe because I roughen before applying 
Aquaseal.  Dacron is a polyester:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyethylene_terephthalate

-- 
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR
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