Stitches Boat Vinyl Reinforcing
The vinyl has a shiny surface and a knitted fabric back and comes in many colors.
Stitches boat vinyl reinforcing. Five piece quality marine fabric window covers edges reinforced with 30ml vinyl and matching marine binding attached with scoville common sense fasteners. Pvc stands for polyvinyl chloride which is a synthetic plastic polymer. This is the most intricate seam and leaves no raw edges exposed. Dodger enclosure curtains for both the california and hardtop systems are constructed with strataglass 40ml press polished sheet clear vinyl.
You can purchase marine vinyl from most fabric stores or marine specialty stores. The fabric borders have edges finished with. Use a scrap of vinyl to experiment with stitch lengths and no thread in the sewing machine. Pvc fabric is simply polyester with a layer of polyvinyl chloride.
Marine vinyl stands up to harsh sunlight and even harsher saltwater making it the ideal material for boat cushions. The full flat felled seam gives a finished edge on both sides of the fabric. Also becasue you are sewing vinyl the thread may have more resistance to pulling tight and may require the sewing machine to be set at a higher tension to get tigher stitches. This step is not shown in the video.
Then try using the stitching as a tear strip and experience just how easily a short stitch length tears. Sigpic 1985 bayliner 1600 capri cuddy 1965 mfg niagara custom. In the case of vinyl coated fabric the fabric is providing strength and durability that plain vinyl does not have.