RBTR SilPoly Initial impressions

[hk2001]

Tarp held up great to the last week of hell nature through at it.. even those little unreinforced tieouts help up fine with no signs of stress


Please see https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/...61#post1358361 for the tarp giveaway thread

[OutandBack]

A big shoutout to Kyle @ Ripstopbytheroll.com and hk for a great thread.
I have really enjoyed reading about this new tarp material, the build and all the testing.

And to end the project with a give away is simply awesome. Thank you both.

[Mouseskowitz]

Thanks for all the testing! I'm going to have to add this material to my wish list. It's going to be fun reading all the stories in the giveaway thread.

[Freakin Farmer]

Crazy good info! Thanks!

I ordered 9 yards of Silpoly yesterday to make my first tarp. Are the cat cuts still necessary since there is no stretch?

Freakin Farmer

[Jucee]

hk, I'm coming to this Post really late BUT it was excellent read. I really thank you for your efforts, you have provided great research to me, and I'm sure, many of us. And a shout out to Kyle for giving you the sample fabric.

[Smokey Mtn Hiker]

Just finished reading the thread. the WHOLE thread. rarely happens because I can't stay focused long (on multi page threads) enough to finish. But you dida great job of taking us through the entire process. Great explanations, testing, examples and pictures.

I have been wanting to start a DYI tarp projects and had lot of concerns and questions. Like materials, patterns and such. You answered some questions I had.
Thanks again for information.

[old4hats]

My wife and i recently finished three large tarps with sil-poly from RSBTR. Easy to work with, light weight, a joy to set up, no water gets through, pitch stays taut. Not much to complain about except that I did have to pay for the material, lol. Would I use this material again? Yes, and if buying from someone else I would require sit-poly. Good stuff, but it seems that every time we find a new "perfect" material someone pulls out something better, so I assume this is temporary, but I sure do like it.