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• Re: Need a piece of poptop canvas 48" x 12"
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 4 Jan 2009 09:39:53 -0800
  ...I bought/used canvas from a local fabric shop. I also treated it with water repellent. (wait for the fabric glue to cure first...
• Re: Vanagon Westfalia canvas
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 22 Jun 1995 09:49:25 +0100
  ...Cordura Ballistics Cloth Sunbrella Textilene Closed Cell Foam Mosquito Netting Canvas Grommets Zippers Hardware Webbing Heat Sealable Fabrics Banner Fabrics Paul puusital@adobe.com
• Re: Westy Canvas waterproof?
  Historical mailing list - harald.nancy
  Wed, 24 Jun 1998 16:01:22 -0700
  ...On my 90 westy, I use simple scotchguard fabric protector they sell in the supermarket. The canvas deteriorates significantly less than on my previous...
• Re: Need a piece of poptop canvas 48" x 12"
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 3 Jan 2009 21:42:12 -0800
  ...Need a piece of poptop canvas 48" x 12" > Any reasonable fabric store will sell a wide range of lightweight canvas > and > heavy cotton...
• Re: Canvas Replacement-I Regret Ever Buying This Van!!!!!!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:07:46 -0700
  Actually, my bride (the seamstress) is planning to do this when our canvas needs replacing.� She has already purchased the fabric and is awaiting...
• Re: [WetWesties] waterproofing (was RE: RAISED ROOF hard tops
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 13 Oct 2006 19:23:16 -0700
  ...Cya, Robert > --- Joy Hecht <jhecht@alum.mit.edu> wrote: > >> How do you keep water from seeping through the canvas or the canvas seams >> in...
• Westy Canvas waterproof?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Thu, 25 Jun 1998 10:59:54 -0300
  Hi All, The fabric doesn't need waterproofing!! It seals up when humidity is high, watch how the canvas will tighten/rain-proof as...
• Re: Need a piece of poptop canvas 48" x 12"
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Fri, 2 Jan 2009 09:50:47 -0500
  Any reasonable fabric store will sell a wide range of lightweight canvas and heavy cotton that would do. It's not expensive, and the...
• Re: Custom Westy Poptop Canvases?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:59:25 -0600
  On Oct 24, 2007, at 11:45 AM, Jake de Villiers wrote: > Tom, is that 46" fabric wide enough for the top canvas? Probably...
• Re: Old canvas anyone??
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Mon, 2 May 2005 12:23:45 -0400
  ...But if you want to sew on canvas, I wouldn't worry about finding original Westy poptop canvas. Any fabric store will have a...
• Re: Pop Top fabrics
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 14 Mar 2016 20:05:49 -0400
  ...Are there other sources? > Which fabric is best and why? We have an article on this exact subject... http://www.busdepot.com/details/canvas...
• New pop top canvas
  Historical mailing list - vanagon
  Sun, 7 Mar 2004 21:29:48 -0800
  Anybody had good or bad luck with aftermarket pop top canvas? I would like to update to the 3 window and gray fabric since...
• Re: Awning/tent fabric
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Jul 1995 09:15:24 -0400
  > Can anyone suggest where I might look for tent/awning grade canvas? > > I've checked the local fabric stores but they only carry very...
• Re: Custom Westy Poptop Canvases?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:23:14 -0700
  I would be interested in a couple 3 window canvases if you have made them before and are confident of the fit. No exotic...
• Re: Custom Westy Poptop Canvases?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:29:27 -0700
  ...Villiers wrote: > > Tom, is that 46" fabric wide enough for the top canvas? > > > Probably not! The fabric also comes in 60" & 80" widths, & many...
• Re: Custom Westy Poptop Canvases?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:45:26 -0700
  Tom, is that 46" fabric wide enough for the top canvas? Because if it is, what about the stripey material?! That would be spectacular...
• Re: canvas weather resistance?
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Thu, 18 Aug 2005 11:49:35 -0600
  ...For custom canvases, I use a marine grade acrylic fabric "Sunbrella" which is a much better fabric for M & M, shrinkage, non fading, etc...
• Canvas: Cotton or "Sunbrella" ??
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Fri, 29 Oct 1999 10:07:34 -0700
  ...Does anyone have any comments or experience with this new Sunbrella fabric or "canvas"(cotton or synthetic) from other sources. I would also like...
• Mold on canvas, what to use to clean
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:20:38 -0700
  ...I think, the fabric of the canvas would be compromised, weakened with the Chlorox method. There must be a better way. Thanks for any...
• Re: who has the best prices on westy Poptop canvas??
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:26:51 -0500
  Another consideration would be fabric type. Canvas or synthetic being the choices. For the humid east I chose synthetic. On Feb 10, 2010, at...
• Re: Pop top canvas repair
  Historical mailing list - Philip Chidlaw
  Mon, 3 Jun 2002 22:21:14 -0700
  ...This is the product for mending fabric and canvas. Baileys is an old time arborist and logger supply business. Philip Chidlaw
• Re: pop top canvas swap and ceiling treatment
  Historical mailing list - Bill Monk
  Mon, 1 Jul 2013 23:46:22 -0400
  I think the little strip of fabric wire ducting that North Westy puts in the front drivers side inside corner of the canvas is...
• Re: Scotch Guard Canvas?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 23 May 2000 12:04:44 -0400
  ...the >canvas. I could be wrong, but I believe the camper manual specifically says *not* to use Scotch-Guard on the tent fabric. They...
• Fw: Re: pop-top (closing)
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Fri, 18 Feb 2000 12:48:09 -0600
  |Grasp the fabric sides and roll them up snug. I don't recommend doing this to the front canvas (with the screen window). Rolling...
• Re: Custom Westy Poptop Canvases?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:42:51 -0700
  ...Villiers wrote: > > > > Tom, is that 46" fabric wide enough for the top canvas? > > > > > > Probably not! The fabric also comes in 60" & 80" widths, & many...
• Re: pop top canvas swap and ceiling treatment
  Historical mailing list - Bill Monk
  Mon, 1 Jul 2013 23:54:00 -0400
  > > I think the little strip of fabric wire ducting that North Westy puts in the front drivers side inside corner of the canvas is...
• Re: Custom Westy Poptop Canvases?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:57:33 -0700
  ...On 10/24/07, Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote: > Tom, is that 46" fabric wide enough for the top canvas? Because if...
• Re: Awning/tent fabric
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Jul 1995 08:23:11 -0700
  >Can anyone suggest where I might look for tent/awning grade canvas? Look in the yellow pages under Canvas. Here in the San Jose...
• Re: Canvas Replacement-I Regret Ever Buying This Van!!!!!!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:56:58 -0400
  ...is planning to do this when > our canvas > > > needs replacing. She has already purchased the fabric and is > awaiting the > > > removal of ours in...
• Speaking of tops
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Nov 94 16:54:58 pst
  ...tech outdoor fabric and if I remember correctly, the Bently manual takes you through the the process of replacing the canvas. Anyone else put...
• RE: Canvas awnings?
  Historical mailing list - Araujo, Alex
  Thu, 19 Jun 1997 16:33:20 -0400
  I responded to a posted request for canvas awnings with: >>I had a fire in my '75 Westy two summers ago, and the pop...
• Re: Sunbrella
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:27:30 -0400
  ...It's great for marine applications but it makes a lousy tent fabric, and Westy poptop canvas is more like a tent than a...
• Re: Canvas Replacement-I Regret Ever Buying This Van!!!!!!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:31:49 -0500
  ...is planning to do this when our canvas > > needs replacing. She has already purchased the fabric and is awaiting the > > removal of ours in...
• Re: Custom Westy Poptop Canvases?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:36:34 -0600
  On Oct 24, 2007, at 10:23 AM, Mark Drillock wrote: > I would be interested in a couple 3 window canvases if you have...
• Re: Questions about (making) 3 window Westy Canvas
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 6 Dec 2001 16:31:12 -0500
  ...People close the canvas when it's damp and never let it air-dry, or they close the top on it, and the fabric...
• Re: Scotch Guard Canvas?
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Tue, 23 May 2000 09:49:38 -0500
  ...I used the ScotchGuard in the green can that allows fabrics to breath (put on Canvas, Goretex etc). The water just beads even 2...
• Re: Cleaning the Canvas
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 2 Mar 2009 22:40:30 +0000
  ...dirt off the awning fabric and again, it works great. bob '87 Syncro Westy I need to clean the canvas - some dirt and maybe...
• Re: Scotch Guard Canvas?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 23 May 2000 08:18:58 -0700
  ...Scotch Guard Canvas? > I have done mine and am very happy with it. I used the ScotchGuard in the > green can that allows fabrics...
• Awning/tent fabric
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Jul 95 08:38:40 EDT
  Can anyone suggest where I might look for tent/awning grade canvas? I've checked the local fabric stores but they only carry very...
• Re: supplier of brown canvas???
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Hosea
  Fri, 30 Jul 2004 07:49:44 -0600
  ...She redid the canvas on our pop top, curtains and intereior fabric. Great work. http://www.plfvw.com/ ----Original Message Follows---- From: Mark Cumnock...
• Re: CANVAS
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 13 Mar 2004 21:43:19 -0600
  I had Kaki colored canvas and repaired it with iron on Kaki patches that I got at the fabric store. There was a good...
• Re: Custom Westy Poptop Canvases?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:27:29 -0700
  ...crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote: > > Tom, is that 46" fabric wide enough for the top canvas? Because if it > is, > > what about the stripey material...
• Re: pop top canvas swap and ceiling treatment
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 1 Jul 2013 20:59:40 -0700
  ...of fabric wire ducting that North Westy puts in the front drivers side inside corner of the canvas is brilliant. Every canvas made from...
• Re: who has the best prices on westy Poptop canvas??
  Historical mailing list - tina canny
  Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:17:22 -0800
  ...Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 12:26 PM Another consideration would be fabric type. Canvas or synthetic being the choices. For the humid east I...
• Re: New pop top canvas
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 8 Mar 2004 06:39:37 -0800
  ...luck with aftermarket pop > top canvas? I would like to update to the 3 window and > gray fabric since I have mine apart. > I...
• Re: supplier of brown canvas???
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 29 Jul 2004 22:53:24 -0600
  It's likely someone here will have a source, but I'm pretty sure this place will have colors, fabrics, textures for your design...
• Re: poptop canvas installation
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 9 Nov 2000 11:43:35 -0500
  ...On the other hand, they argue that Sunbrella has no give in the fabric, while cotton does, making the cotton canvas easier to install...
• Re: Scotch Guard Canvas?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 23 May 2000 12:05:58 -0400
  ...I used the ScotchGuard in the >green can that allows fabrics to breath (put on Canvas, Goretex etc). The >water just beads even 2...
• Re: Canvas Replacement-I Regret Ever Buying This Van!!!!!!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:12:21 -0500
  ...is planning to do this when our canvas > needs replacing. She has already purchased the fabric and is awaiting the > removal of ours in...
• Re: New pop top canvas care?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 23 May 2011 13:43:04 -0600
  ...The OG poptops were made w/ cotton canvas which is much more susceptible to mold & mildew than the new generation acrylic fabrics, so they...
• Re: poptop canvas installation
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Baskin
  Thu, 9 Nov 2000 10:40:59 -0800
  ...On the other hand, they argue that Sunbrella has no give in the fabric, while cotton does, making the cotton canvas easier to install...
• Re: Canvas Replacement-I Regret Ever Buying This Van!!!!!!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:19:10 -0500
  ...is planning to do this when > > our canvas > > > > needs replacing. She has already purchased the fabric and is > > awaiting the > > > > removal of ours in...
• Re: Custom Westy Poptop Canvases?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:22:11 -0600
  ...crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote: >> Tom, is that 46" fabric wide enough for the top canvas? Because >> if it is, >> what about the stripey material...
• Re: Awning/tent fabric
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 19 Jul 95 20:09:39 CDT
  ...where I might look for tent/awning grade canvas? also check the yellow pages for Fabric Finishers ... these are the guys who make the...
• Re: 89 Westy - pop-top fabric
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 9 Jul 2004 10:59:00 -0400
  ...cotton canvas to me. On Jul 8, 2004, at 11:13 PM, Chuck Reisinger wrote: > Getting ready to have the pop-top fabric replaced...
• Re: CANVAS
  Historical mailing list - Philip Chidlaw
  Sun, 14 Mar 2004 11:15:21 -0800
  This fabric mending product works well. My transactions with Bailey's have always been good ones. Tear Mender, item # 13920 at http://www.baileys...
• Re: Bus Depot side tent material?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 13 Aug 2020 20:56:54 -0400
  ...of fabric Bus Depot uses for their tents? I’m looking for the brown waterproof nylon - not the beige or brown canvas. Often tents...
• Re: CANVAS
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 14 Mar 2004 13:55:44 -0700
  http://onlinestore.forestindustry.com/cgi-bin/baileys/87? a little more direct. > This fabric mending product works well. > My transactions with Bailey's have...
• CrewCab CanvasTarp!
  Historical mailing list - Michael J Vickey
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 08:22:57 -0400
  ...canvas top made for one of my crewcabs, so I hope to get photos of the framework so I can have a frame fabricated...
• Re: Video on how NOT to install a new Westfalia tent
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Thu, 7 Jun 2007 20:11:02 -0700
  ...There was too much fabric in the back (trimmed it off), but the front was so tight that you could flick the canvas to...