Tenara sewing threads

[lehighsail]

This thread biggrin has caused me to rethink using Tenara or PTFE Lifetime.

. Groan

 

[Hayden Watson]

This thread biggrin has caused me to rethink using Tenara or PTFE Lifetime.

When I started sewing with my LSZ1 in 2016 I looked at the Sailrite info on Tenara, Profilen (now PTFE Lifetime) and polyester V92. I went with polyester V92 for ease of the learning curve of sewing.
Most of my sewing projects have been repairing UV damaged zippers, dodger windows and some restitching of the dodger, bimini and sail cover that came on my boat.
My canvas comes off the boat in October or November and goes back on in May so a lot less UV exposure than sunny CA or FL so repairing existing canvass with PTFE Lifetime sounds like overkill.

But now I'll give some more thought to using PTFE Lifetime thread on my projects that will see the most UV and I'm building new out of new canvass.

We use PTFE thread for any project that is exposed to UV because otherwise we needed to restitch the item every 3-4 years. Now the thread last longer than the fabric. Once and done. We still use polyester for interior work like the full set of cushions we made two years ago.

 

[jeepbluetj]

We use PTFE thread for any project that is exposed to UV because otherwise we needed to restitch the item every 3-4 years. Now the thread last longer than the fabric. Once and done. We still use polyester for interior work like the full set of cushions we made two years ago.

2-3 years here where it's sunny a whole lot of the time. Not worth it to use polyester and be repairing the same thing again and again.