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I'm considering getting Panther's 7x7 oilcloth tarp and was wondering if anyone has any comments on it, a pic of one set up, etc. I have a fine 9x9 tarp from tentsmiths, and my 8x10 is still "under construction," but what I want is suitable protection from the rain, reasoning that more often than not i'll be laying up under the stars. I'm trying to pair down and wean myself from too much canvas.
any thoughts of the subject?
 
Skagan said:
I'm considering getting Panther's 7x7 oilcloth tarp and was wondering if anyone has any comments on it, a pic of one set up, I'm trying to pair down and wean myself from too much canvas.
any thoughts of the subject?
Bruce: I was thinking about this, why don't you grab one of your wives bed sheets and cut it to 7 x 7, should be big enough, and do a mock up? If she hollers at you blame it on the Poltergeist. :rotf: I still think you should try some of that red dirt for a tint.
Jeff :v
 
blacksmithshoppe said:
Bruce: I was thinking about this, why don't you grab one of your wives bed sheets and cut it to 7 x 7, should be big enough, and do a mock up? If she hollers at you blame it on the Poltergeist. I still think you should try some of that red dirt for a tint.
Jeff
:rotf: might as well, she thinks I'm nuts already! whod o you think took the pics for my 8x10? :winking:
and about the pigment thing, I was at the sherwin williams store this weekend, and asked the proprietor about powdered pigment. he called it colorant, and said it's liquid and has been since has been in the business.
 
Get your natural earth pigmants from an art supply store, especially one that deals in pottery supplies. Concrete use to be colored with the natural stuff but now when I look in hardware stores it is usually some synthetic stuff.
 
[Jeff [/quote] :rotf: might as well, she thinks I'm nuts already! whod o you think took the pics for my 8x10? :winking:
and about the pigment thing, I was at the sherwin williams store this weekend, and asked the proprietor about powdered pigment. he called it colorant, and said it's liquid and has been since has been in the business.

[/quote]Bruce:
The liquid stuff is what I have used and it will work fine. If they will do it you can get the powered stuff from the manufacture, but its getting the store to call the factory. The 8X10 looks good, is that what you brought to the walkabout?
Jeff
 
Yep, that's the tarp I wrapped up in, needless to say, it too was pretty well coated by the end of the weekend. it did come clean in the wash though. I set it up in the back yard after I got home to see how water-tight it was. . . it wssn't :(. that's when I decided to waterproof it. I originally was going to use Canvac, but decided I didn't want to spend that much. I then thought about thompson's, but finally decided that here'd be a good opportunity to experiment with a more period treatment since I'm not risking a huge investment. I'm not going to use pigment for a couple of reasons. 1st, I don't have any, and don't feel like hunting any up, and secondly, I want to see how the canvas reacts to just straight treatment, kind of reducing the variables so-to-speak. :hmm:
 
my 7'x7' weighs about 3 1/2 lbs. with a small groundcloth of the same stuff they are just about 4 lb. if you can't hide under a tarp that size there still might be some openings in the crocheting field. i hear they do that indoors. :haha:

take care, daniel
 
Skagan,

For a couple years I have used a canvas tarp painted both sides with latex barn paint. At 6x9 it was a bit heavy because I went a little heavy on the paint, but I just cut it down to about 6x6 and it seems much more packable (although I have to hunker down pretty small to be completely covered).
Anyway I think the barn paint consisted of two main ingredients--linseed oil and red oxide. Since it is latex barn paint it is even non-toxic when dry. Reasonably period, yet I am not carrying around a big oily rag!
Good luck!
 
yet I am not carrying around a big oily rag!
Good luck!
Good point PiP, my Sherwin Williams guy suggested I use acrylic, as it is flexible and will bend with the canvas. I'll be painting a tarp before long, for a ground cloth I imagine, so I was particularly interested in your post. I think painting was a common period canvas treatment. maybe not for large area coverage, but I'd say it would be good for a ground cloth, and like you, I'm not interested in wraping up in solvent-soaked covering! :redface:
 
djnye said:
my 7'x7' weighs about 3 1/2 lbs. with a small groundcloth of the same stuff they are just about 4 lb. if you can't hide under a tarp that size there still might be some openings in the crocheting field. i hear they do that indoors. :haha:
take care, daniel
Thanks for the input Daniel :thumbsup:
I wasn't going to respond to your post, as it's pretty well stated and I didn't think anything else needed saying. . . until now :winking:
your statment "if you can't hide under a tarp that size. . . " got me to thinking. I believe that we, as "modern men," over complicate our accessories. I got into the mindset that I couldn't be comfortable under a tarp less that 9x9; I completely forgot that the whole concept of "comfort" is relative anyway!
I think 7x7 is a perfect size for a trail tarp and will provide all the protection I'll need.
if I want a higher comfort level, say for an extended rendezvous, then I need to be looking at full tents.
so a 7x7 it is, end of discussion. :hatsoff:
 
just cut it down to about 6x6 and it seems much more packable (although I have to hunker down pretty small to be completely covered).
That is because you are just a little guy though Bernie.
I still like my little piece of oil cloth though (about 60 inches by 90 inches), as long as the weather isn't real bad it works pretty well (and nobody has shot a carrot through it yet).
 
Mr. Blue Feather,
Now that you graduated to a carrot-colored lodge, I think you should pass along that great, lightweight piece of oilskin to me. Then I could take it up and show Skagan what the good stuff looks like so we could have one more person in the unsuccessful hunt for the right material. If the rest of us could find that stuff, making an oilskin would become a thing of the past.

Good Day sir! :bow:
 
Now that you graduated to a carrot-colored lodge, I think you should pass along that great, lightweight piece of oilskin to me.
Ahh Yes the Carrot covered tarp (Thanks to Tim and his Carrot shooting Cannon) and nice lightwieght oilcloth. I wish I could find a decent source for the stuff at a reasonable price. The 7X7 that Skagun was talking about is the same type of material. I'll keep an eye out (still) for a bit of the stuff for you.
A bit off topic...Are you headed down to Western Wayne this weekend? If you are I have a bit of slowmatch for you. :blah:
 
Well, I made the order, it's the first tentage I've ordered from Panther (I'm a die-hard Tentsmiths guy).
I'm pumped about doing some fall trekking and period hunts with it. :thumbsup:
 
PuffInThePan said:
I am curious as to how light it really is. Maybe they will get two new customers!
I'll give a brief product review for ya when it comes in :thumbsup:
 
Here is something that might make things easier for those who want to paint their own canvass:
[url] http://www.solventfreepaint.com/paint/iron_primer_linseed.htm[/url]#
 
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Come on Skagan, do you really expect us to believe that you can get all of you under a 7x7 tarp!!!

I'm just a little bitty guy and I have trouble under my 8x8 when any kind of weather hits. And I know you can't have any decient "rock houses" up there in Michigan!

Are you going to build a cabin and use that tarp for the little bitty roof?

:rotf:

Hey, do you remember building a shelter out of a poncho "back in the day"? What's a poncho, 5x7 or something like that?
 
Capn said:
Here is something that might make things easier for those who want to paint their own canvass:
[url] http://www.solventfreepaint.com/paint/iron_primer_linseed.htm#[/url]

Yikes! At $120 per gallon, I think I'll throw some pigment in a can of linseed oil instead. :grin:
 
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Warning, Tirade follows :cursing:

Ghost your attempt at impuning my tarppage cannot be allowed to stand, so here's a point by point rebuttal to your scurilous slanderfications!

Come on Skagan, do you really expect us to believe that you can get all of you under a 7x7 tarp!!!
There's not only room for me to sleep, I plan on partitioning it off so I can have my rumpus room toward the back!

Here's an exterior shot of my camp:
7x7tarp.jpg


and here's the interior:
myfriends.jpg

Don't worry Ghost, once you get a little more experience under your belt, you too can maximize the space in a 7x7. Jealous, ain't ya?:winking:

I'm just a little bitty guy and I have trouble under my 8x8 when any kind of weather hits. And I know you can't have any decient "rock houses" up there in Michigan!
we have plenty of "Rock houses" up here, check this out: Rock Mi. :blah:

Are you going to build a cabin and use that tarp for the little bitty roof? :rotf:
I don't need a cabin Mr. Smarty clout, I sleep between the drops! :blah:

Hey, do you remember building a shelter out of a poncho "back in the day"? What's a poncho, 5x7 or something like that?
the best hooches I ever made were from my poncho :thumbsup:
I learned a trick from my Guards bud since I've been out, and that's the unility of bungie cords for setting up a hooch wish I knew then. . .
whew, anyone got a ladder so's I can climb down off my soap box.
See what you went and made me do Mister! :winking:
 
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