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• How long should canvas work last on a Dodger & Bimini ...
  • The Sunbrella on ours lasted about 10 yrs.
  • We are on year 9 with our bimini. (Restitched twice)
  • I'd contact Thurston -- From your description, I don't think that the thread should fail.
  • I had a dodger that lasted 30 months, including two seven month storage for winter then ALL the stitching failed
    • What a bunch of crap!
      • I paid a lot for it, and ...
  • Take it to someone who does auto upholstery
  • John, On all my canvas work, I
  • Mine is over 10, though not up all the time.
  • Our first dodger lasted 20 years...
  • Sunbrella is not the weak link.
  • My dodger, wheelcover and sailcover have lasted 15 yrs
  • it is the thread that is the problem
    • I think you are thinking of TENARA thread.
  • Our Thurston canvas, made for the PO, ...