How to sew Biothane?

[$$hobby]

Hi,

long time no here.

ive been asked to repair some harness equipment and unfortunately its biothane.

does anyone here know the tricks to sew biothane on a machine? i have to replace some 1" wide straps, like english billets, on this peice.

i have some scrap that i tried to sew on and for the most part it appears okay, but it will miss/skip some stitches.

hope everyone is doing good and all is well.

thanks in advance.

[tonyc1]

I think Biothane may be the same as PVC webbing that we use down here and I sew lots of it. I just use a metric 20 nylon thread and a #180 - #200 canvas point needle and it works just fine.

Tony.

[ryano]

I use 277 upper and 207 lower threads and set the upper tension pretty darn tight. I also use a round point needle size 25. My machine is also set at 5 stitches per inch. Good luck!

I edited this because I put down a leather needle for some reason and use a round needle.

Edited April 23, 2009 by ryano

[tonyc1]

I like to use canvas point as the leatherpoint needles sometimes cut the nylon inner webbing. I do about 8 to the inch.

Tony.

[$$hobby]

thank you all for your repliles.

i had to take it slow(er) and tighten up the thread tensions.