Can I line a bag with Cordura nylon?

[geargarcon]

Has anyone ever tried lining a bag with Cordura?

I'm looking at different options for a grey fabric/synthetic liner for a messenger style bag I'm making out of Chromexcel.  I fear this would be too heavy of a liner, but thought it could be a pretty cool end result.  If anyone has any thoughts, they would be greatly appreciated.

 

Cheers,

gg

[SolarLeatherMachines]

No reason you couldn't, but you'd probably want a lighter liner.  

Another good solution for nice, dark, synthetic materials is Men's suit materials.  We have several fabric shops here in Dallas, and they often have 3-4yd remnants of high quality polyester suiting material.  When I was making bags for a living, I used this type of stuff a lot.  It's the right weight, comes in a nice pattern and is super inexpensive.  

[geargarcon]

Thanks for that suggestion.  I keep seeing suiting material as I look for grey liner material, but didn't know how that would work.  I might get a little of both materials.

Thanks again.

[leathersmyth]

Depends on the case, But i make a lot of cases with it for linings....  I have used red, yellow,blue,purple colours. Makes the inside "fun" and will last forever and easy to clean with damp cloth...

and

 No, it is not Too stiff to use as lining, in my opinion....