cernauta wrote:
On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 08:25:10 -0700 (PDT), nimbus
wrote:

...
Now, only after 2 years, the plastic is becoming
brittle. It seems to be at an end of life.

My 6 or 7 years old Jaxida set had lost all weatherproofing. The
coating progressively turned into a white powder that was filling my
clothes during the cover/uncover process.

I have sprayed the whole (cleaned) set with two thin coats of a
plastic paint called "Plastivel". The result is a different looking,
slightly more rigid and crisp glider cover.
No water passes through the fabric now, even under heavy rain. I still
can easily store the set in its bags, though the sound is definetely
different.

A DG 800 pilot in my area added a layer of 1460 Tyvek (a form of Tyvek
sold for the purpose of covering and protecting things that are outside)
to the top side of his Jaxida covers, which had lost their top coating.
He said it was cheap and easy to do, and the last I heard from him, the
Tyvek was still in good condition after 2 years of leaving the glider
tied down April through September. Here is where he got the material:

www.materialconcepts.com

My wife made me a set of lightweight covers for use during soaring camps
and contests. She tells me it was easy to handle and to sew.

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