S.C... Thank you. The girl was telling me to rub a bar of wax onto the canvas! The video, that makes sense, there was another with a guy who makes two batches and applies it after it solidifies, rubbing it in. Which makes a bit more sense. The making of waxed canvas looks pretty awful. It surprises me, because examples shown in videos, the fabric looks almost stiff like cardboard. The one website that has is in stock, shows a very normal looking material, as did big duck canvas. BritKLR's photos show waxed canvas that looks like normal fabric almost! At this point, I am uncertain. Which the nature wrinkles and and such look great, I wonder how it will hold up under a couple hundred folds? Does the folding repeatedly, affect the water resistance?
I did look at billboard tarp material, I couldn't source local. The places that have it were mostly closed of busy. Half the places I called that do marine covers, bimini covers, etc, were closed for the week. It seems sense covid, unless you are buying a product made by them, most don't want to deal with you around here. With so many businesses hurting, you'd think more would jump at simply selling material to make a buck. Not so... I called a local company who makes covers today, they said they don't sell materials even scraps. I asked if they would be willing to sew my project, they said no. Awnings, boast covers, rv covers, cushions, etc... all custom, but they wouldn't even consider my project. I asked if there was a way I could trade work and they teach me. They said they aren't willing to teach anyone, they don't want competition. I stated I had no desire to sell their type of products or recreate them as to compete. This was just for a home project. I offered to pay, they still turned me down at very attempt. I noticed at the box stores not just online, that many fabrics are out of stock, or not even carried. Seems strange to me, I can understand lack of supply though. Still, a fabric store that has everything else fabric wise, even crazy high priced fabrics, but not something that appears to have so many awesome uses.
I did look at billboard tarp material, I couldn't source local. The places that have it were mostly closed of busy. Half the places I called that do marine covers, bimini covers, etc, were closed for the week. It seems sense covid, unless you are buying a product made by them, most don't want to deal with you around here. With so many businesses hurting, you'd think more would jump at simply selling material to make a buck. Not so... I called a local company who makes covers today, they said they don't sell materials even scraps. I asked if they would be willing to sew my project, they said no. Awnings, boast covers, rv covers, cushions, etc... all custom, but they wouldn't even consider my project. I asked if there was a way I could trade work and they teach me. They said they aren't willing to teach anyone, they don't want competition. I stated I had no desire to sell their type of products or recreate them as to compete. This was just for a home project. I offered to pay, they still turned me down at very attempt. I noticed at the box stores not just online, that many fabrics are out of stock, or not even carried. Seems strange to me, I can understand lack of supply though. Still, a fabric store that has everything else fabric wise, even crazy high priced fabrics, but not something that appears to have so many awesome uses.
