Date: Sat, 5 Nov 1994 03:28:36 -1000 From: crowell@teleport.com (Carl Crowell) Message-Id: Organization: Kites By Carl Crowell Subject: Re: fabric rot >I've finally realized that the time I put into building a kite is far >more valuable than the materials that go into it. I bought these >remnants a few years ago, before I'd really figured this out. >While I'm now willing to pay a reasonable price for good cloth, I'd >like to be able to use as much of this old stuff as possible. Congrats! time is indeed the most valuable element in any kite as for the old cloth, give it to people that are just learning to build kites. good practice stuff... ___________________________________________________ email: crowell@teleport.com FTP: ftp.teleport.com/pub/users/crowell WWW: http://www.teleport.com/~crowell Kites By Carl Crowell - O.S.F.M. World Headquarters = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sat, 5 Nov 1994 09:45:20 -1000 From: kml@mathcs.emory.edu (Kevin Lahey) Message-Id: <39gncg$h1h@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> Organization: Emory University, Dept of Math and CS Subject: fabric rot I have some ripstop remnants that have been lying around the workshop for a couple years, and I'm afraid they've gone bad. I can get them to rip pretty easily, just by giving the fabric a good yank. It'll only rip along the length, but that seems bad enough. I guess I'm going to have to just throw this stuff away, or make *very* simple sky junk from it. Bummer. Way to save the $$$. I still have a reasonable amount of this stuff that seems good (it won't rip), but I'd sure hate to build a kite from it, only to have the kite fall apart in mid-air. Is there some other way to tell if the fabric is bad, besides trying to rip it? If the edges are bad, is there any chance that the center of a roll is still okay? What causes this breakdown? Am I missing some key fabric storage tip? I keep the stuff in a box, out of the sunlight. Atlanta has dangerously high levels of ozone (rubber bands disintegrate in a matter of weeks or months); is there some way to protect the fabric from this stuff? I've finally realized that the time I put into building a kite is far more valuable than the materials that go into it. I bought these remnants a few years ago, before I'd really figured this out. While I'm now willing to pay a reasonable price for good cloth, I'd like to be able to use as much of this old stuff as possible. Thanks, Kevin kml@mathcs.emory.edu http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~kml/kites/kites.html = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =