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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...

In Make Your Own Gear » Groundsheet material
March 13, 10:55am

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...

In Make Your Own Gear » Groundsheet material
March 12, 12:35pm

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 ...

In Make Your Own Gear » Tungsten carbide rotary blade
March 12, 12:28pm

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 ...

In Make Your Own Gear » Seam sealing ID SILSHELTER
March 11, 10:27pm

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...

In GEAR » Seam Sealing Cuben
March 10, 10:20pm

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...

In Make Your Own Gear » Glue instead of pins?
March 10, 10:24am

Hysol
No, Hysol U09 is a two-part urethane adhesive. It's not an epoxy.

In Make Your Own Gear » Need a small amount of Hysol U-09LV or U-09FL
March 07, 8:54am

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.

In Make Your Own Gear » Need a small amount of Hysol U-09LV or U-09FL
March 06, 4:32pm

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...

In Make Your Own Gear » MYOG 8.2 oz solo shelter on the cheap
March 06, 1:21pm

Hydropel
Thanks for that link, Dustin.

In Make Your Own Gear » MYOG Hydropel
March 06, 8:29am

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