Poly tarp in sail track
Submitted: Sunday, Dec 27, 2009 at 20:41
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I've been wanting to attach my large tarp to the sail track on my campervan.
Visited the local canvas
shop and they quoted me around $70 to sew on the keder cord that slides into the sail track. This would seem fair enough except my old faithful tarp only cost me $20 way back when I bought it.
After thinking about it I decided to experiment with a small tarp by running a 6mm rope about 40mm in from the edge, adding a generous bead of silicon and simply folding the tarp over the rope. Being impatient as I am, I only let the silicon set for a couple of hours before putting it on the van. The weather has been fairly ordinary here today with gusty winds and rain and it is holding up fine so far.
Happy with the
test result, I purchases a tube of sikaflex and some new rope for my large tarp. Cost me $22, I really can't see any reason why it would fail.
Reply By: Member - Carl- Monday, Dec 28, 2009 at 07:41
Monday, Dec 28, 2009 at 07:41
If the wife has a hair straightener, you can use this to weld RVC tarps. It will need to be on a high setting (220 approx). Why women heat their hair to this temp I do not know.
Press together till the pvc looks about the same of
well chewed bubble gum then release. Try on a spare bit first to get it right.
You can weld a rope into the tarp in this way as
well. Mind you, get caught and you could be getting more than $70 worth of pain from the wife.
Canvas Tarps can be sikaflex with 303 or silicone as
well as you mentioned.
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