Tarps, Canvas and FabricsUpdated: October 29th, 2019
Created: December 12th, 2016Wanting to being able to quickly cover various things from the rain I have investigatedcanvastarpaulins and bought a flax tarpaulin (March 2017). (July 2019 bought two more :~ see comment 3)
UPDATE April 13th 2019 As I've ordered wood for the base and wanting to cover it as it is being built I have got around to using the tarpaulin. I started tooil the canvas,in situ, and noticed the brass rings had stains, I became concerned they were plated steel but a magnet check shows they are not.
UPDATE April 18th Came back two days after rain to find puddles on tarpaulin showing the level of proofing when new.
UPDATE April 21st Finished coating with linseed oil. Used approx 12Lt linseed oil and 10.5 Lt of Turpentine and Stockholm tar (9:1.5)
UPDATE April 24th A night of rain and a) the oil is being washed away and b) the remaining oil is not encouraging puddling, the canvas 'looks' wet. So maybe the oiling was a bit of a questionable action
See next page for detail on issues of
a) Use: Permeability to light and rain, Strength and Durability
b) Manufacturing and
c) Disposal.
Info on synthetics :: Page 3
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