[pct-l] Grommets in Tyvek?

[Steel-Eye]

Good afternoon, Handlebar,

Hi-Tech:  Sew on a square of nylon webbing and set a grommet in the middle.

Med-Tech:  Sew on a square of nylon webbing and melt a hole in the center
with a red-hot nail.

Lo-Tech:  Pick up a pebble about the size of a green pea, lay it the corner
of the sheet, fold the point of the corner about 1.5" of over the pebble, 
and cinch a
slip-knot of your cord tightly just behind the lump,

I've used Lo-Tech on many different kinds of material, from plastic film to 
canvas.  It can work in the
middle of a side in addition to a corner, but the sheet ends up a little
slack and wrinkly.

I have Med-Tech grommets all around my shelter tarps.  If you think the
grommet webbing may pull apart the Tyvek, just make the webbing
bigger/longer.

Steel-Eye

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Ostheimer" <rick.ostheimer at sbcglobal.net>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 1:24 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Grommets in Tyvek?


> Has anyone on the list put grommets in the corners of a Tyvek ground
> sheet?  I thought I could do that to allow me to pitch the sheet as a
> sun shade for those desert siestas.  Handlebar
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