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groundsheet Mark, yes, the fabric side will absorb a bit of water if the coating is on the inside. I suggested this because of your description of your campsites (rocky). PU coatings are more abrasion resistan... |
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Groundsheet If you use a PU-coated nylon groundsheet, and keep the PU face up (inside), it should be more waterproof and more abrasion resistant than silnylon. It is also pretty sensitive to UV, though, and so... |
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Glass table A tungsten carbide tool will survive contact with a glass table, but the glass will be scored. There are small cutting tools used for scoring glass, and they don't have a blade. They just have ... |
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UV damage I don't really want to encourage a debate about UV degradation. I just thought I'd share what I recently read, in case it helps anyone to decide what to do with their gear. I read that ... |
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Cuben seam sealing My experience has been the same as Martin's. Silicone adhesives seem to bond really poorly to cuben. I'd agree with the others who have recommended a urethane adhesive like Seamgrip or Aqua... |
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Glue My sewing skills are poor, and I have trouble with light and slippery fabrics, and I have found water soluble glues and wash-away tape very helpful. A company called Dritz makes a water soluble tap... |
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Hysol No, Hysol U09 is a two-part urethane adhesive. It's not an epoxy. |
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Hysol Craig, thanks for the tip. I wish I had some I could send you, but I'm out and I was planning to buy more from Fastenal. The ebay vendor you found is cheaper, though. Thanks. |
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Sil shelter That's a nice long beak. The shelter looks great. It's an excellent example of the potential benefits in cost and weight to making one's own gear. It looks like it should give ample fou... |
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Hydropel Thanks for that link, Dustin. |
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