Thread: Fabrics: hypalon?

How many different types of hypalon are there are what are the major differences?

Especially recovering from an achilles rupture and totally atrophied leg muscles I've lost a lot of control and stability in my left leg. Combine with fat skis and my first three ski days out have torn my ski pants to shreds at the inner ankle. This always happens over time and none of my ski pants ever have tough enough fabric, but they're literally in tatters after 3 days. I'd like to remove the (shredded) cordura in the inner ankle and put in a heavy, rubberized tarp fabric but want to make sure i find the right one. The thin textile I've seen in mountaineering backpacks isn't enough. I'm looking for the thicker stuff like is used for inflatable rafts.

So can anyone point me to a glossary of the types and different weights?

Right now I'll probably order something like this: http://www.clavey.com/product_info.php?products_id=359

I'd forgo the hypalon... a bitch to sew and freakin' heavy. Not to mention the fact that it's slash-proofness isn't actually that hot.

Keprotec in the other hand is easy to sew, light and made to resists slashes adn gashes...

Originally Posted by hemas

I'd forgo the hypalon... a bitch to sew and freakin' heavy. Not to mention the fact that it's slash-proofness isn't actually that hot.

Keprotec in the other hand is easy to sew, light and made to resists slashes adn gashes...

2nd Keprotec.
Henri Lloyd has been using it for the patches on their ocean racer gear and its held up well to abuse on the bow of big boats for over a year now NP.

Pretty sure the ankles on my cloudveil softshell pants are keprotec and the be honest, it hasn't been the toughest... that stuff is designed for abrasion (rocks, ashpalt, etc.) not sharps. Although maybe the reality is there aren't textiles that can stand up to a sharpened knife (ski edge) on a cutting board (boot). I'm tempted to try to sew some polyethylene sheet in there...

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It's the only way.

To follow up on this, I defaulted to hypalon because I couldn't find keprotec by foot or yard. For $10 and some time with a sewing machine it's worth a shot. Putting my 7th grade Home Ec to work.

If it works well, I'll letchall know.

flip, do you have access to an industrial sewing machine? If not and you're going to use a home machine, please post re your experiences sewing the hypalon. 1100 denier -- yikes, that's some dense shit.