Tarps, Canvas and Fabrics

Tarps, Canvas and FabricsUpdated: October 29th, 2019

Author:-elf

Created: December 12th, 2016

Wanting 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.

flax tarpaulin

UPDATE April 18th Came back two days after rain to find puddles on tarpaulin showing the level of proofing when new.

rain puddle on flax tarpaulin

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)

oiled flax tarpaulin

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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Comment No. * from: roger [Member]

Oiling the canvas.

Probably used too much oils as using a small brush to 'soak' it in. So it will not dry for a whiiiiiile.

Rain is pooling on oiled and non oiled patches, which is encouraging as that means if the tarp is tented ^ then rain should roll off. I lifted the canvas to tip off the rain and of course where it had puddled on the oil, oil caem off with the water :(

The next strip I will oil with 'teak oil' which maybe 50/50 oil and turps.

. Maybe buy boiled linseed oil 10Lt
See https://www.naturalpigments.com/artist-materials/linseed-stand-oil/