TENT - Need help hanging my walls

[Samuel Walters]

Mlady,

I hadn't actually preshrunk my material.  I suppose I'm taking a chance with
it but there is a decided smell to my material as if it has been chemically
treated.  I'm hoping that this is some sort of waterproofing.  I plan on
waterproofing it anyway and since it is canvas and a natural material once
it is wet you should be able to keep it stretched until dry.  So if it rains
you take it home and set it back up tight and let it stand until
dry...*shrugs* of course you could probably fit one of those tarps in those
big three load washers at yer local laundry mat if your worried about it.

I asked my beloved Mumsy about it and she said that leaving it set up until
dry while tight the material should stretch to its normal length.  Of course
she is just going off of experience with clothing and other things she has
made and not tents...sooo.  Im keeping my fingers crossed. Ha

Yours in our Society,

Rhys Goch
Mka Sam Walters
----- Original Message -----
From: Wanda Pease <wandapease at bigfoot.com>
To: <tentguild at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 9:18 PM
Subject: RE: TENT - Need help hanging my walls


> I have several of these painters cloths, and my friend Robert the Tall has
> made his tent out of several grommeted and "sewed" together (not period,
but
> the Inneshall makes a great place to cook and get out of the rain, which
was
> what he wanted).
>
> Question:  how do you pre-shrink these things?  Do you take them to the
> local Laundromat you like the least?
>
> Regina Romsey
> An Tir/Barony of 3 Mountains/Portland, Oregon
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-tentguild at ansteorra.org
> > [mailto:owner-tentguild at ansteorra.org]On Behalf Of Tanya Guptill
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 4:28 PM
> > To: tentguild at ansteorra.org
> > Subject: Re: TENT - Need help hanging my walls
> >
> >
> > Rhys,
> >
> > Glad to hear you got a good deal on your fabric.  :)  You have
> > probably already
> > done so, but you may just want to double check it for waterproofing, and
> > especially shrinkage.  I met a gentleman here in An Tir that had
> > done his yurt
> > wall covering out of drop cloth material, and he had about 9"
> > shrinkage after
> > the first rainstorm.  He was not a merry man...
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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