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Title: Cheap Span
Post by: phil c on October 25, 2006, 05:23:17 PM

Came across something frugal people might be interested in.  We were throwing out an old wooden bed spring.  Turns out the dust cover on the bottom was two layers of very light, non-woven polyester.  60 in x 80 in. piece weighs 30 grams.  I'll give it a try here over the winter, but it looks like an very inexpensive source of covering.  I imagine if you have a local mattress manufacturer they have rolls of this stuff available, or get it off mattress returns from the local bedding store.

Title: Re: Cheap Span
Post by: Bob Johnson on October 26, 2006, 03:33:38 PM

or... when the wife ain't lookin'  ;) >:D

Title: Re: Cheap Span
Post by: Scott Jenkins on October 26, 2006, 05:45:56 PM

Phil,
Your wife lets you throw stuff away  ??? My wife would kill me if I did'nt (groan) recycle.

Scott

Title: Re: Cheap Span
Post by: Steve Helmick on October 28, 2006, 08:01:02 PM

This stuff is available at your local fabric store. Take a micrometer, and get the thinnest type they have. You might want to take a sample of silkspan along. I don't remember what they call it..."interfacing", maybe . Mike Haverly gave us this info at our September meeting. I guess Mieko sews. He covered his Oriental Plus with this stuff, and it came out fine, tho it's about twice as thick as genuine Polyspan.  Seriously strong covering.  :X Steve

Title: Re: Cheap Span
Post by: Richard Grogan on October 28, 2006, 11:12:48 PM

Quote from: Steve Helmick on October 28, 2006, 08:01:02 PM

This stuff is available at your local fabric store. Take a micrometer, and get the thinnest type they have. You might want to take a sample of silkspan along. I don't remember what they call it..."interfacing", maybe . Mike Haverly gave us this info at our September meeting. I guess Mieko sews. He covered his Oriental Plus with this stuff, and it came out fine, tho it's about twice as thick as genuine Polyspan.  Seriously strong covering.  :X Steve

Doesn't Phil Granderson use CF veil for his skins? I think he did on one of his Divas, dont know if it gets any tougher than that!!I wonder what that weighs out at...v/s PolySpan??? ??? ??? ???

 %^

Title: Re: Cheap Span
Post by: phil c on October 29, 2006, 06:01:59 PM

Steve, I've looked at a lot of nonwoven interfacing.  I had a really hard time finding stuff that was thin and fairly stiff, like the spring undercover.  Depends a lot on the shop and where they get their fabric.  Usually interfacing is made fairly thick to give the fabric some hand.  If you can find what you want, that is great.  A local mattress factory is just another spot to look, if they are using this stuff for the bottoms of their spring.

No problem with recycling, just cut the stuff off before you drop it off.  They won't care.  Nobody should be using a 20 year old spring anyway.  They do wear out.