Talk:Oilcloth
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Contested deletion
[edit]This article should not be speedy deleted as lacking sufficient context to identify its subject, because while it is a very short article, it does have sufficient context to identify the subject, specifically "Oil cloth is cloth impregnated with oil resulting an impermeable, breathable fabric." In my opinion, the subject is sufficiently notable to justify an article. - MrX 23:13, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
Requested move
[edit]- The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the move request was: moved. The target actually had a long history of copyvios and nonsense, but no talk page and nothing worth keeping. Andrewa (talk) 19:45, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
Oil cloth → oilcloth – Common form of the name. Needs a G6 as there's a redirect in the way. Andy Dingley (talk) 23:27, 2 February 2013 (UTC)
- Support - As long as there are no ENGVAR considerations. Marcus Qwertyus (talk) 08:25, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.
Lead
[edit]I came across this page wanting to know what oilcloth is, and did not get a satisfactory answer. The lead seems to be part of a History section. Yoninah (talk) 19:38, 12 October 2013 (UTC)
The waterproof 'oilcloth' cover of the British Waterloo infantryman's cap/shako brought me here
[edit]In other words keep this WIKI alive. So simple but yet so effective. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.197.75.50 (talk) 19:42, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
Sizing?
[edit]"The fabric was first stretched on a tenter frame and sized with animal gelatine."
This sounds a little unlikely to me, because when fabric is sized, it becomes stiff and unbending° – and that seems to me incompatible with many of the uses to which oilcloth might be put.
°see instruction books on painting on canvas, or YouTube instruction videos on crafting Harfarhs (talk) 12:48, 19 March 2026 (UTC)