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I had a 24'x 24' canvas tarp over my carport that shrunk down to 21' x 21' in about 2yrs...It held up well as far as material but shrunk like a b!tch....All sunshine here never bad weather...

Is there something better that won't shrink but holds up like real canvas?


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Someone with actual knowledge will chime in here I'm sure. Until then, I have "canvas like" material on a wood frame on an outside swing. After many years it developed a tear, so I thought I would put a heavy duty iron-on patch to extend it's life a bit. Low and behold when I hit that "canvas" with a hot iron it partially melted!!! So, it has some synthetic plastic like material within it's make up and shrinkage over may years was not noticed. Good luck.


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try looking for semi trailer tarp shop
 
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Find a sail maker.


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if covering the top with a suitable material cant be done for what ever reason,you have a tarp just start slowly installing a better top useing tarp till done


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Try Sunbrella. It is very expensive but really good stuff. We use it for boat covers.


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