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You might be able to buy it from a chemical company.
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Just got a couple yards of NOS canvas from Chief919, opened the box, there's that smell, I like it. Wife walks in the kitchen and states, "OMG, what is that smell?" I say, "It's my new canvas for my seats, don't it smell great?" Boxwas immediately relocated to garage/shop or I wasn't getting dinner.I remember liking to too. Only deal now is if I go and just touch it in the deuce, I smell like it and the wife doesn't like it. Which therein lies the source of the problem!!!!
It must be a universal thing that women hate this smell while men seem to like it. Go figure !Just got a couple yards of NOS canvas from Chief919, opened the box, there's that smell, I like it. Wife walks in the kitchen and states, "OMG, what is that smell?" I say, "It's my new canvas for my seats, don't it smell great?" Boxwas immediately relocated to garage/shop or I wasn't getting dinner.
Yes, in fact you can. However, most places won't have it listed under Quarpel (Quartermasters Repellant). Look for 1-(stearamidomethyl)pyridinium chloride. It bonds with cellulose (cotton) to a significant extent.You might be able to buy it from a chemical company.
Only if you are eating the treated canvas. In that eventuality, I suspect pyridine poisoning would be the least of your problems. The amounts being given off by treated canvas are not harmful, they just have a strong odor.So, your saying that smell we all love is slowly killing us then?
So you would first treat the fabric with this sodium acetate then apply the Quarpel, is that correct ?Yes, in fact you can. However, most places won't have it listed under Quarpel (Quartermasters Repellant). Look for 1-(stearamidomethyl)pyridinium chloride. It bonds with cellulose (cotton) to a significant extent.
Keep in mind that its reaction with cellulose creates hydrochloric acid, so you would have to treat the fabric with a buffer like sodium acetate also.
The smell is from it decomposition and release of pyridine. Pyridine smells.... gross. It will make you sick to your stomach after a bit.
Ideally, you would have the sodium acetate buffer in solution with the pyridinium chloride salt. They are both water soluble.So you would first treat the fabric with this sodium acetate then apply the Quarpel, is that correct ?