This guy did some #science with some different sail #textile materials and found that #Tenara was the only one that wasn’t badly degraded by a couple of months of humidity and UV. #materials
on 02016-06-28#Tenara PTFE thread on Amazon: US$120 per spool, 8 ounces, 1150 yards, 19 pounds breaking strength. Not sure what the density or diameter is, though. #materials
on 02016-06-28"Tenara" is an architectural #textile woven of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE, teflon) fibers, with a lifetime of 25 years or so in the sun. #architecture #materials
on 02016-06-28