Buy Oilcloth Fabric ?

I'm looking for small amounts of oilcloth fabric to make several waterproof
tobacco pouches - the kind of fabric similar to what Australian Driza-bone
coats are made of. Any clues out there?

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Xak wrote:
I'm looking for small amounts of oilcloth fabric to make several waterproof
tobacco pouches - the kind of fabric similar to what Australian Driza-bone
coats are made of. Any clues out there?

Aren't they made of waxed cotton, like Berber jackets? Maybe if you
googled for waxed cotton...

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Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
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I'll give it a shot. Thanks! :-]


"Kate XXXXXX" wrote in message
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Xak wrote:
I'm looking for small amounts of oilcloth fabric to make several
waterproof tobacco pouches - the kind of fabric similar to what
Australian Driza-bone coats are made of. Any clues out there?

Aren't they made of waxed cotton, like Berber jackets? Maybe if you
googled for waxed cotton...

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Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

Kate XXXXXX wrote:
Xak wrote:
I'm looking for small amounts of oilcloth fabric to make several
waterproof tobacco pouches - the kind of fabric similar to what
Australian Driza-bone coats are made of. Any clues out there?

Aren't they made of waxed cotton, like Berber jackets? Maybe if you
googled for waxed cotton...


I used to have an oilcloth coat and it came with a tin of 'dressing'
that one could use to touch up the leaky bits.

Historically, oil cloth was created from boiled linseed oil mixed with
something like iron oxide? to fill in the weave of the fabric.
Don't know about linseed oil and tobacco - probably bad for you.

Could try beeswax? Then with lighter and pouch would have handy
firestarter.

liz young in sunny california

On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 08:12:01 -0700, Elizabeth Young
wrote:

Kate XXXXXX wrote:
Xak wrote:
I'm looking for small amounts of oilcloth fabric to make several
waterproof tobacco pouches - the kind of fabric similar to what
Australian Driza-bone coats are made of. Any clues out there?

Aren't they made of waxed cotton, like Berber jackets? Maybe if you
googled for waxed cotton...


I used to have an oilcloth coat and it came with a tin of 'dressing'
that one could use to touch up the leaky bits.

Historically, oil cloth was created from boiled linseed oil mixed with
something like iron oxide? to fill in the weave of the fabric.
Don't know about linseed oil and tobacco - probably bad for you.

Linseed is a drying oil. Boiling it increses the speed at which it
oxidizes (dries). Six months to a year after it was used on a fabric
it would be completely stable and not come off on anything.

Iron oxide would give you a black oil cloth, you could use other
(suitable to the fabric) pigments to make other colors.

In Fine Art, (good) oil paints are just pigment mixed with linseed
oil. Boiled linseed is a common medium to add for thinning to glaze
or etc.

NightMist
artist
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