Anyone make a winter sock out of Tyvek?

[FJRpilot]

eBay is where I buy smaller pieces...


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[Redoleary]

Any suggestions on where to find small amounts of Tyvek? I don't want to buy a 100' roll of it.

I'm wanting to make a ground sheet and maybe some drawstring sacks/bags.

Pretty sure Dutch has tyvek.

[P-Dub]

QuestOutfitters has it in 60" wide rolls
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sear...er=5_2_1_19_20

[IRONFISH45]

Ebay is good, here in Portland, OR, some of our Outdoor Gear stores have huge rolls they will cut whatever size chunk you want.

I have tried running my house wrap Tyvk through a few washes, however, the result was not all that great. I have the best result with avusing it until it is soft I twist it, set on it, while it is all wadded up. After a while the tyve becomes very soft and pliable. I tried making a few things, House Wrap is easy to work with and you could choose to tape it instead of sewing.

Home Depot might sell chunks, Lowes mifht sell by the yard or foot. Fabric stores have marvellous Tyvek Fashion Fabric. Kite Tyvk is nice to work with.

I have a bunch of Tyvk envelopes, aI have used them for storage for around ten years. I tqiated the envelopes until they were sodt, then I used colored Sharpies to individualize each envelope.

Kins of interesting, we had a lot of water inside our house, I rescued what I could, put the salvageable items in storage. Two weeks later the storage facility caught fire. The building burned for over 24 hours. Then rhree months later we were given thw opportunity ro see what we could salvage. All my gear was history, almost everything was burned or melted. Except the TYVK wnvelopes. I wased them, the greasy soot washed off. Sharpie Art stayed bright and clear, with a few singe strips. I atill use the envelopes, I just so not use them to store snacks. Pretty impressive for Tyvk.

If you see construction sites they will often give you their Tyvk waste, it saves them the cost of removal. Always ask before taking anything from a job site.

[WillUpnDown]

Any suggestions on where to find small amounts of Tyvek? I don't want to buy a 100' roll of it.

I'm wanting to make a ground sheet and maybe some drawstring sacks/bags.

Well.... maybe a little too small amount. Domino 25 pound sugar bags are Tyvek (I've noticed that when the material gets wrinkled, rolling up the bag and such, it lets through a lot more water. (No, I'm not a bootlegger, I have a hummingbird infestation). I've got a few laying around if anyone is near Los Angeles with a hankering for Tyvek but doesn't have a 25 pound sweet tooth.
Express envelopes at the US Post Office are Tyvek, They're free, but don't loot em all to make a tarp, you'll be sewing for weeks. I seal the corners and use them as watertight litter bags in my car.
And odd factoid. The mural artist Ken Twitchell paints his huge paintings on pieces of Tyvek in his studio. He then takes them to the site, glues them to exterior wall and makes any touch ups. He then puts a coating over the top that protects the paint and is a sacrificial layer that comes off with tagger's spray paint. His studio is much smaller than his paintings. The pieces I've seen can be almost any size and in almost any pattern.

[CharlieS]

I was reading your thread and came across this:
https://shop.materialconcepts.com/pr...soft-tyvek.asp

I also nticed they have perforated tyvek on there as well as metalized. Hmmm...possibilities?