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i say it again : to work with 210d from extremtextil you need a digital soldering station and

important: teflonfoil between the iron and fabric ! my working temperature is 430 degree

My Packraft and testing it on the lake

Perhaps, Matt, this would be a good time to add a note to your shop page about the risk of buying fabric from other sources that is not marked ‘nylon 66’, and a link to this thread (saying to read it all – it’s too easy to miss important bits in a long thread). Many of us have been caught by this issue now, and I’m sure that we would all regard…[Read more]

Valves

Boston valves: I searched around to see if I could find a cheaper Boston Valve, no luck in New Zealand, all I managed to find were replacement inserts, not the flanged valve itself. I ended up buying from Aliexpress for $6 USD a piece with free shipping. They seem to be good quality, I ordered three and they all came as yellow on…[Read more]

STEER CLEAR OF EXTREME TEXTIL (http://www.extremtextil.de)

Due to Matt running out material and me being super keen to get a packraft together before easter (two weeks away) I ordered from Extreme Textil. I ordered 210d TPU coated one side 275g/sqm, heat sealable (product #71100)  in orange and blue, I also ordered 70d TPU, coated one side 1…[Read more]

Hi James, @jameslthomson,

Sorry for the delayed response – I didn’t have internet access for a couple days.

Don’t worry – a 1 cm misalignment at the ends of a seam isn’t a big deal, and it’s not worth trying to re-seal the seam. At worst, you might have a small wrinkle near that corner.

You can either leave it the way it is or trim the…[Read more]

a question about joining tube pieces together (step 2). What is the tolerance for the corners lining up of two pieces that have been joined together? In spite of my best efforts i still have about a 1 cm difference between the two. Do I have to redo the seam?

I don’t have a sewing machine, so I’m inclined to try Bruce’s tie-downs – I saw your test video @brucecampbell and the strength vs. weight is very impressive! Thanks for posting. (I’m in the middle of moving house, so haven’t posted your report yet.)

Hi Loren @lorenjl,

Sorry for the slow response – I’m in the middle of moving to a new house, so my internet access is limited!

You can check out some pictures of my spray deck here – I should have plans and materials available soon, for the deck and a spray skirt as well 🙂

Cheers!

Those look awesome, great work! The stitching makes it stronger im sure, plus it looks legit.

A few more pics of our diy patches.  They were a bit hard to get to seal right, you have to work both front and back well, but I think they look good and seem pretty strong.  About 3.5 inches in diameter.