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Uses what, I have been up till the most recent spool of thread have bought Nylon to machine sew with, then I needed a new spool of some natural colored thread and bought some 277 polyester and now wonder if I should switch all of my stuff over?!  I run all of my thread through an oil pot before it gets to the needle ( I guess that is the only way it can be done ) DOH, but would like to hear all the arguments pro and con, so pile on for the ride and lets hear why one is better than the other!

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I don't machine sew, Yet. But from all I have read poly is supposed to be more resistant to sunlight. 

That's all I got.

(Following along for the lesson).

I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with.

Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day.

From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.

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so far that is all I have heard is that it is more resistant to uv light,  well actually not the only thing the other is that if nylon gets wet it is more prone to lead to mold and degradation from that.  So with it being those 2 things still hoping for more responses to the pro's and cons of which is better when doing holsters and belts.

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Maybe we could make some stuff up?

Like, polyester braided thread held the spacesuits together on the Apollo missions. Nylon was used by the cosmonauts.

I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with.

Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day.

From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.

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I highly recommend hammockforums.net from it's style it's got to be a sister site to this one. It's how I got here. They have moved about a 1000 years into the future on this topic. I have a spool of cord ( thin enough I can sew with it, ill have to look up the name)  that can support 1000 lbs with no stretch. pretty sure its the poly that stretches.

http://zpacks.com/accessories/spectra_cord.shtml

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I'll have to look at that site, I have heard that the nylon is a little bit stronger but nothing to jump up and down about, so that is one part that is not a deal breaker to make the decision to warrant a switch from one to the other.  still hoping more will chime in on the conversation. 

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Is there a difference between nylon and polyester?
While nylon has a lower denier thickness than polyester does, it is inherently stronger than polyester on a weight-for-weight basis. ... This also means that nylon takes longer to dry than polyester does. The durability, mold resistance and ease of cleaning is so close between these two fabrics.

Bob Kovar
Toledo Industrial Sewing Machine Sales Ltd.
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I think it would come down to what you sew. In this respect I understand polyester is better suited for sunny locations or really UV light.  That is primarily why I started with using it as a marine canvas fabricator.

 Something I read lately and interesting is poly is much more expensive to make than  nylon, for whatever thats worth.  I wonder actually when the acrylic thread bandwagon will be a discussion. 

For what its worth I use only SolarFix thread in my marine canvas fabrication.

 Its good to be able to keep other thread types for choice locations they might be used. Or wanted!, these may or may not get extreme use but do try. So its good to keep up on the benefits. Thanks you all

Floyd

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I just recently has a need for some thread and ordered what I thought was going to be nylon in 277, it turned out to be polyester in 277.  Everything I have done till now had all been done with nylon, and about a year ago I started to run it through a lube pot filled with silicone lubricant, I started to do this for two reasons, one was to help keep the needle a little cooler, and the other was to introduce a water proofing element, now does it work on either step, I don't know.  but to bring up to date when I started to use the polyester I noticed right away that the polyester would not accomplish the task that I could accomplish with nylon,  if I tried to step from one layer of leather to another the polyester would break right away, tried the same task with nylon using the same settings and the nylon would sew the two layer leather with no problem, It was really interesting to say the least.  So still real puzzled about the differences between the two and for now will keep all my nylon and doing what I have been doing all along. 

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That's strange that the poly is breaking,I've never really noticed any difference between the 2 types.

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Toledo,Ohio 43609
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