WW2 Canvas Material

[rob love]

I have bought canvas at a Winnipeg fabric shop in neutral colour and dyed it with off the shelf dye to get a very close match to the 37 pattern colour. I think it was from Mitchells fabric in downtown Winnipeg, but I'm sure other shops carry it.

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by rob love

I have bought canvas at a Winnipeg fabric shop in neutral colour and dyed it with off the shelf dye to get a very close match to the 37 pattern colour. I think it was from Mitchells fabric in downtown Winnipeg, but I'm sure other shops carry it.

There is an extensive website on the colours and restoration of 37 Patt webbing, Blanco and Bull, which features a page on how to make modern day dyes that closely replicate the WW2 shades https://www.blancoandbull.com/repro-...-cream-method/ Although it improves the condition and waterproofness of the canvas, this looks time consuming for a piece of webbing. I'd hate to try doing a Truck Tarp!

[Mike K]

Good luck if you need 100 percent cotton canvas. It's nigh on impossible to find around here . The modern stuff has synthetic fibres in it and has a much finer weave . Readers will laugh but Aldi sells canvas drop sheets that have a vintage coarse weave and the Aldi sheets are a plain undyed cotton which looks more authentic.