[sdiy] slider cover fabric

[mssr pants]

It's like a cross between felt and tar paper, disintergrates slowly
over time and is generally... kinda gross.  I'll check out the cloth
stiffener fabric stuff.  Thanks for the suggestions.  I'm still just
sorta curious what the hell this stuff actually is.

sean

On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Tom Arnold<xyzzy at sysabend.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 11:57:38AM -0500, mssr pants wrote:
>> Can someone tell me what the thick fabric used to cover sliders
>> (specifically on a juno) is?  I'm repairing one and I'd like to
>> replace it.  Or a suggestion for something that would age better than
>> this stuff would be great.
>
> That stuff is a thick, woven plastic feeling kinda stuff.  It feels "harder"
> then cloth, but is flexible.
>
> In any case, I went to a fabric store and hunted down the ribbons of material
> that are used to stiffen up cloth.  This is *usually* white and designed to
> be sewn into collars and cuffs to make them stiff, however, you can also
> find it in black or once you find the material in the store ask them to
> order it for you.  Don't get the stuff thats designed to iron on to the
> fabric to hold it in place, it has glue-like stuff all over it.
>
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