rlageman3 wrote on Jan 7^th, 2012 at 5:22pm:

Are the nylon loops and grosgrain loops the same, or are you using two different materials to make loops? Pat

The nylon loops are from heavier material than the grosgrain.   Actually I re-purposed a nylon webbing/cam strap I bought from Wally World.  I was a little surprised had how soft and light weight it felt after I opened the package. 

I've already placed one nylon loop on each corner, each end and the middle of the ridge line.  (I actually did a double loop in the middle; one on each side of the tarp ... more backing support that way, I figure, plus it gives me one point to run something like a clothes line under the tarp.  Using a hot knife to cut the nylon webbing was actually a lot of fun.

I'm figuring to use the grosgrain for points where the stress will be somewhat less.  They are half-width since I folded them length-wise and ran stitching down both edges.  We'll see how those hold up ... they seemed super lightweight.

JJ -

Thanks for the tip on yellow tarps.  That was my thinking exactly ... might help to lighten an otherwise gloomy, overcast day.

dd