Making Oil Cloth

[Mortblanc]

Thanks for the translation on the White Spirits, I have discovered that the same chemical goes by several names world wide, or at least among us English speakers.

Many years ago when I found this recipe and first used it I treated a simple rucksack made from cotton canvas with a draw string top. I left the rucksack hanging from a tent pole at camp and it rained overnight. To my surprise I found that my treated rucksack worked as well as any water bucket I owned.

after that several of my reenactor friends made Ponchos using a simple scrap of canvas treated with this mixture. We used those slickers as general sourpuss rain-wear and shelters for many years afterwards. It makes a super tough finished product.

I have even coated cotton bed sheets to produce light weight tarp shelters.