RE: [bolger] Polytarp longevity
Hi all,
I believe it is Harbor Freight that carries tarps of different grades for different
applications. Maybe some of them hold up better than others.
Jim
I believe it is Harbor Freight that carries tarps of different grades for different
applications. Maybe some of them hold up better than others.
Jim
>
>I don't have an opinion myself, I think sailcloth makes the best sails.
>However, I have seen very different prices on similar sized polytarps of
>different grades. Possibly these were a high grade. I just took down my
>tarp shelter after 5 years, it only had actual holes where branches had
>fallen on it, but it was very soft and worn by sun and wind.
>
>Jamie Orr
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Richard Spelling [mailto:richard@...]
>Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 10:52 AM
>To:bolger@egroups.com
>Subject: Re: [bolger] Polytarp longevity
>
>
>
>They are obviously not stored outside. The gray polytarp I was using for a
>boat cover has basicaly disintegrated over the six months or so it has been
>on the boat. The gray coating is comming off the nylong weave, and there are
>multiple rips. The carpet tape that was used to repair some of the holes
>dryed out and came off. I've pulled it off the boat and trashed it, and made
>a tube of sunbrella to store the spars and sails in.
>
>That said, the polytarp sail I made last summer, just taped together, and
>stored in a temperature controled building, is still holding up...
>
>Richard Spelling,http://www.spellingbusiness.com/boats
>From the muddy waters of Oklahoma
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Orr, Jamie" <jorr@...>
>To: <bolger@egroups.com>
>Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 11:34 AM
>Subject: [bolger] Polytarp longevity
>
>
>>
>> For what its worth, I was speaking to a normally reliable friend this
>> morning, who told me that the polytarp sails built by his neighbor have
>> lasted 10 years. These are junk sails (junk rig, that is, not trash!) on
>a
>> 35 foot ex fishing boat, so they would be stored on the spars. I don't
>have
>> details, but these are sewn, not taped together.
>>
>> Part of the reason they've lasted so well might be the reliable motor.
>>
>> Jamie Orr
>>
>> Bolger rules!!!
>> - no cursing
>> - stay on topic
>> - use punctuation
>> - add your comments at the TOP and SIGN your posts
>> - add some content: send "thanks!" and "ditto!" posts off-list.
>>
>
>
>Bolger rules!!!
>- no cursing
>- stay on topic
>- use punctuation
>- add your comments at the TOP and SIGN your posts
>- add some content: send "thanks!" and "ditto!" posts off-list.
>
>Bolger rules!!!
>- no cursing
>- stay on topic
>- use punctuation
>- add your comments at the TOP and SIGN your posts
>- add some content: send "thanks!" and "ditto!" posts off-list.
>
>
I don't have an opinion myself, I think sailcloth makes the best sails.
However, I have seen very different prices on similar sized polytarps of
different grades. Possibly these were a high grade. I just took down my
tarp shelter after 5 years, it only had actual holes where branches had
fallen on it, but it was very soft and worn by sun and wind.
Jamie Orr
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Spelling [mailto:richard@...]
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 10:52 AM
To:bolger@egroups.com
Subject: Re: [bolger] Polytarp longevity
They are obviously not stored outside. The gray polytarp I was using for a
boat cover has basicaly disintegrated over the six months or so it has been
on the boat. The gray coating is comming off the nylong weave, and there are
multiple rips. The carpet tape that was used to repair some of the holes
dryed out and came off. I've pulled it off the boat and trashed it, and made
a tube of sunbrella to store the spars and sails in.
That said, the polytarp sail I made last summer, just taped together, and
stored in a temperature controled building, is still holding up...
Richard Spelling,http://www.spellingbusiness.com/boats
From the muddy waters of Oklahoma
However, I have seen very different prices on similar sized polytarps of
different grades. Possibly these were a high grade. I just took down my
tarp shelter after 5 years, it only had actual holes where branches had
fallen on it, but it was very soft and worn by sun and wind.
Jamie Orr
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Spelling [mailto:richard@...]
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 10:52 AM
To:bolger@egroups.com
Subject: Re: [bolger] Polytarp longevity
They are obviously not stored outside. The gray polytarp I was using for a
boat cover has basicaly disintegrated over the six months or so it has been
on the boat. The gray coating is comming off the nylong weave, and there are
multiple rips. The carpet tape that was used to repair some of the holes
dryed out and came off. I've pulled it off the boat and trashed it, and made
a tube of sunbrella to store the spars and sails in.
That said, the polytarp sail I made last summer, just taped together, and
stored in a temperature controled building, is still holding up...
Richard Spelling,http://www.spellingbusiness.com/boats
From the muddy waters of Oklahoma
----- Original Message -----
From: "Orr, Jamie" <jorr@...>
To: <bolger@egroups.com>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 11:34 AM
Subject: [bolger] Polytarp longevity
>
> For what its worth, I was speaking to a normally reliable friend this
> morning, who told me that the polytarp sails built by his neighbor have
> lasted 10 years. These are junk sails (junk rig, that is, not trash!) on
a
> 35 foot ex fishing boat, so they would be stored on the spars. I don't
have
> details, but these are sewn, not taped together.
>
> Part of the reason they've lasted so well might be the reliable motor.
>
> Jamie Orr
>
> Bolger rules!!!
> - no cursing
> - stay on topic
> - use punctuation
> - add your comments at the TOP and SIGN your posts
> - add some content: send "thanks!" and "ditto!" posts off-list.
>
Bolger rules!!!
- no cursing
- stay on topic
- use punctuation
- add your comments at the TOP and SIGN your posts
- add some content: send "thanks!" and "ditto!" posts off-list.
They are obviously not stored outside. The gray polytarp I was using for a
boat cover has basicaly disintegrated over the six months or so it has been
on the boat. The gray coating is comming off the nylong weave, and there are
multiple rips. The carpet tape that was used to repair some of the holes
dryed out and came off. I've pulled it off the boat and trashed it, and made
a tube of sunbrella to store the spars and sails in.
That said, the polytarp sail I made last summer, just taped together, and
stored in a temperature controled building, is still holding up...
Richard Spelling,http://www.spellingbusiness.com/boats
From the muddy waters of Oklahoma
boat cover has basicaly disintegrated over the six months or so it has been
on the boat. The gray coating is comming off the nylong weave, and there are
multiple rips. The carpet tape that was used to repair some of the holes
dryed out and came off. I've pulled it off the boat and trashed it, and made
a tube of sunbrella to store the spars and sails in.
That said, the polytarp sail I made last summer, just taped together, and
stored in a temperature controled building, is still holding up...
Richard Spelling,http://www.spellingbusiness.com/boats
From the muddy waters of Oklahoma
----- Original Message -----
From: "Orr, Jamie" <jorr@...>
To: <bolger@egroups.com>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 11:34 AM
Subject: [bolger] Polytarp longevity
>
> For what its worth, I was speaking to a normally reliable friend this
> morning, who told me that the polytarp sails built by his neighbor have
> lasted 10 years. These are junk sails (junk rig, that is, not trash!) on
a
> 35 foot ex fishing boat, so they would be stored on the spars. I don't
have
> details, but these are sewn, not taped together.
>
> Part of the reason they've lasted so well might be the reliable motor.
>
> Jamie Orr
>
> Bolger rules!!!
> - no cursing
> - stay on topic
> - use punctuation
> - add your comments at the TOP and SIGN your posts
> - add some content: send "thanks!" and "ditto!" posts off-list.
>
For what its worth, I was speaking to a normally reliable friend this
morning, who told me that the polytarp sails built by his neighbor have
lasted 10 years. These are junk sails (junk rig, that is, not trash!) on a
35 foot ex fishing boat, so they would be stored on the spars. I don't have
details, but these are sewn, not taped together.
Part of the reason they've lasted so well might be the reliable motor.
Jamie Orr
morning, who told me that the polytarp sails built by his neighbor have
lasted 10 years. These are junk sails (junk rig, that is, not trash!) on a
35 foot ex fishing boat, so they would be stored on the spars. I don't have
details, but these are sewn, not taped together.
Part of the reason they've lasted so well might be the reliable motor.
Jamie Orr