Cheap mozzie net material? Ikea content

[yeha]

I was cruising Ikea last night and found some Sarita see through curtains. These are very finely woven from Polyester and the mesh is as good as my groupbuy net. Might be of interest to someone. 3x1.5m and weigh 300g. That's 67g/sqm. Unfortunately the colour choices are less than desirable but there is a black one. Best bit, 2 off at £6.12 for the pair.

 

[Badger74]

Cheers for the heads up, I've sent the wife on a mission.

 

[Harvestman]

Those pink ones would be perfect for a bushcraft boudoir, for those that like that sort of thing...

 

[Badger74]

The wife never went so I did yesterday.

They are as described in the op post but weigh 320g if your pedantic ;-)

A couple of photos


IMG00100-20110602-1751 by chrstphrferg, on Flickr


IMG00098-20110602-1748 by chrstphrferg, on Flickr

 

[Retired Member southey]

Cool, do you think they will stand up to unpack repack a lot? would you be willing to get a close up of the weave please?

 

[Badger74]

I'll try and get a weave shot tonight, but I'll start making the excuses now about the quality of the photo.

 

[Badger74]

Ignore the pegs, i'm just playing with ideas.


IMG00101-20110603-2009 by chrstphrferg, on Flickr

The best close up shot I could get.


IMG00102-20110603-2011 by chrstphrferg, on Flickr

 

[WoodMan]

I was cruising Ikea last night and found some Sarita see through curtains. These are very finely woven from Polyester and the mesh is as good as my groupbuy net. Might be of interest to someone. 3x1.5m and weigh 300g. That's 67g/sqm. Unfortunately the colour choices are less than desirable but there is a black one. Best bit, 2 off at £6.12 for the pair.

So lets get this straight.... you were cruising the interweb looking for sheer, see through material...... am I the only one who thinks your missus caught you looking at a dodgy website and the first thing you could think of was 'I was looking for a new mozzie net an opened this by mistake' and recomending this to us is all part of an elaborate damege limitation exercise....!

 

[Badger74]

Haha,

Here is only one curtain used with a tighter hammock.


IMG00104-20110603-2113 by chrstphrferg, on Flickr

 

[Retired Member southey]

Cheers dude, very cool gonna have to get myself down to Southampton.

 

[Badger74]

Before you do, a note of warning.

I left it up last night without a tarp covering, and no it didn't rain, and and this morning it was covered in dew. Now I don't know if this should be normal but i was also trying out a a new mat made out of foam damp proof membrane thats used under laminate flooring. This i had left out overnight in the hammock as well.


IMG00107-20110604-0746 by chrstphrferg, on Flickr

 

[bushcraftbeard]

Have you tried point north ? www.profabrics.co.uk

they sell similar stuff for the job plus velcro, threads, mvp (g.tex type) and rip stop and loads of other stuff for the d.i.y kit builder, including plans for some basic stuff

Just email 'em for a catalogue, its free