Hi Monty ,
All my tops are done in Hydro great stuff. £15.00 for 3mtr sounds a rip off but it is good stuff. So what I do is cut the elastic in halve and make sure you tie a knot in the cut ends to stop the elastic bleeding, then I get some braid a winder bung and two stonfo's to suite the size of your elastic, of course one stonfo will be placed at the business end and the other placed at the opposite end of the elastic, then tie the braid on and wrap it around your winder bung until you are satisfied that the tension is to your likeing. I have sucessfully used this method for two years know and never had a problem. So two for the price of one mate, makes it cheap as chips.
