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    Daryl and Daryl
    BPL Member

    @lyrad1

    Locale: Pacific Northwest, USA, Earth

    Would it be possible for the cuben fabric makers to create a breathable cuben fabric simply by putting a few million needle holes into it?

    Depending on the number and size of the holes it might mimic either uncoated nylon or mosquito netting but weigh less…..possibly much less.

    This idea was submitted by my cat when she saw my new cuben fiber rainfly.

    #1729037
    Colin Krusor
    BPL Member

    @ckrusor

    Locale: Northwest US

    The only problem I forsee with perforated cuben is loss of integrity of the film. Polyester film has zero resistance to tearing once it is nicked or punctured, and the fiber layer in a sheet of cuben won't stay together on its own. You can peel apart a piece of cuben to test this. Without the film the reinforcement layer falls apart.

    To me it seems strange that we haven't seen a mill produce lightweight woven dyneema textiles.

    #1729489
    Lawson Kline
    BPL Member

    @mountainfitter

    There are a few mills that make "lightweight" woven Dyneema/Spectra but your talking $100+ a yard with 500 yard minimums. Thats a 50K investment.

    #1729495
    Bob Gross
    BPL Member

    @b-g-2-2

    Locale: Silicon Valley

    I wonder why it is so expensive.

    Demand too small?

    Difficult to produce?

    –B.G.–

    #1729567
    Nick Larsen
    Member

    @stingray4540

    Locale: South Bay

    http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=42510

    Check out the above thread. Or are talking more along the lines of a mesh?

    #1729600
    Stephen B Elder Jr
    Spectator

    @selder

    Locale: Front range CO

    Sounds like your cat is already all over the project…now if she can do breathable AND waterproof…
    have fun,
    Steve

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