It's not coated (at least I am assuming you are meaning coated so that one side has a different look and sheen than the other side and I have bought some of that at Wal Mart as well,) it does have the rip-stop grid, it is thin (first time I bought any the lady guesstimate no more than 4 yards, turned out to be 13yards when she measured it,) and is slick as snot.....just like my Kifaru Para Tarp and Golite sil nylon poncho, but then again so are my Das Parka and Kifaru Woobie which are DWR materials.