Silver backed ripstop

[Jon Hearn]

I recently acquired a roll of olive green ripstop with a silver coating on one side from a local business that had shut down. The label on the fabric listed the original seller but it’s such old stock that they don’t know anything about it. Has anyone here used fabric like this for making tents?

Is there some way of working out what it is exactly?

 

[JG H]

Is that heat-reflective ripstop?

[Terran Terran]

RF shielding.

RF

[Roger Caffin]

I doubt it would shield RF: too many gaps between the threads
IR reflection is the standard reason.
Make some night combat suits for the Ukranians?

Cheers

[Monte Masterson]

“Make some night combat suits for Ukranians?”

Probably time to make some for French, UK and Polish soldiers while you’re at it. Same with Australia and Canada.

[Terran Terran]

Or prison garb for our “king”.

[Roger Caffin]

Wrong colour. Should be orange.

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