Bicycle brake cable housing has the advantage of being plastic coated,
allowing the curtains to slide easily.

Karl

----- Original Message -----
From: "Max/Joyce Wellhouse" <maxjoyce@ipa.net>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: Curtain support

> Most outdoor /backpack/canoe/rock climbing stores sell elastic stretchy
cord
> in a variety of thicknesses and colors.  It's called bungie cord and
> although I wouldn't bounce up and down on it dangling from the New River
> Bridge, it should work wonderfully for curtains also.  I have a whole reel
> of the real thin stuff(prolly wouldn't support anything but the lightest
of
> fluffy curtains, but also have samples of other thicknesses.  I would
guess
> that the 2-3mm stuff would be more than adequate.  Outdoor stores use the
> stuff for lining the inside of lightweight backpacking tent poles so the
> sections stay together and assemble easily and quickly.  Prolly dozens of
> other uses like making map holders for the decks of sea kayaks  blah blah
> blah
>
> .
> Dimwitted Moose and Flying Squirrel.
> ---Original Message-----
> From: Richard Lynch <rlynch@infosat.com>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Date: Thursday, June 15, 2000 9:42 AM
> Subject: Re: Curtain support
>
>
> >Wal mart sells springy elastic curtain cord (white) with a package of
screw
> >in hooks.  Just bought some to try and use for curtains.  25 ft, with
about
> >10 hooks for $7 CDN.
> >
> >
> >Richard Lynch
> >85 Vanagon (name??)
>