TENT - Need help hanging my walls

[Tanya Guptill]

Rhys,

Make some snowballs for us!  :)  All we've got here in Portland is dense fog....

I still would be concerned with shrinkage.  Even if your wet tent is stretched
taut to dry it, if the fabric shrinks it will pucker the seams, rip out tent
stakes, and possibly rip on the frame (if it is rigid) while it shrinks.  It
couldn't hurt to test a portion of it before you commit yourself.

Just a thought,
Mira

You asked:
:

> Greetings all,
>
> Man it is snowing here in my little part of Oklahoma...I'm not complaining
> though.  Anyway the mention of waterproofing and shrinkage made me check to
> see and by the way that water will not absorb into the material but just
> beads up and rolls around (my test was ten minutes long) I'm going to assume
> my material was pretreated.  Which makes sense since they were painters
> tarps and essentially useless if they would let liquid seep through....So
> now do I have much to worry about with shrinkage?
>
> Yours in our Society
>
> Rhys Goch
> Mka Sam Walters
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Cherie Nolan <marguerite at ih2000.net>
> To: <tentguild at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 11:31 PM
> Subject: Re: TENT - Need help hanging my walls
>
> > The best way we have to pre-shrink our tents walls is to set up a clothes
> line outside on a warm day.  This can even be a simple rope stretched
> between two trees.  Place
> > your canvas sidewall or roof sections over the clothes line.  You can fold
> the canvas over the line so that half the fabric is on each side of the
> rope.  It will dry just
> > fine.  Wet them with a hose, making sure to wet both sides of the canvas
> well.  Let it dry.  It will pre-shrink all it is going to shrink while on
> the clothes line.  On a
> > warm day, it might dry in as little as four hours.
> >
> > Please remember the canvas will SHRINK.  It has to be cut longer than
> needed so it will shrink to the length you want.  It is our experience that
> it will shrink by about
> > 10%.  If you want a 6' high wall, it may need to be cut to 6'-7".  There
> is very little shrinkage in fabric width, maybe only 1/2" on a 60" wide
> roll.  If you are unsure
> > about the amount of shrinkage, test using a small piece of canvas first.
> >
> > Do NOT use a washing machine and dryer.  The canvas will exit the dryer
> with lots of wrinkles, which make it difficult to sew and it will look
> terrible.  It can be ironed
> > out, but that is more time and effort.  We recommend hanging the canvas on
> a clothes line because it doesn't cause wrinkling and keeps the canvas
> looking nice and easy to
> > handle.  Make sure you fold it when taking it off the line, because it
> keeps it easy to work with.  Please keep in mind that WET CANVAS IS HEAVY,
> so make sure the rope is
> > secure.
> >
> > Another caution, sometimes it is difficult to tell pre-shrunk canvas from
> not pre-shrunk after it is dry.  Don't accidentally mix them up.
> >
> > Natural canvas should be pre-shrunk prior to sewing.  While 10% doesn't
> seem like much, consider this. Without pre-shrinking, a 10' high tent can
> become a 9' high tent
> > after it's first rainstorm and drying out.  Think about the sloped roof.
> A 10' x 20' tent can shrink to become a 9' x 18' tent.  What if it happens
> at an event?  Not fun.
> >
> > Pre-shrinking is easy, quick and necessary.
> >
> >
> > > 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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