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tarp repair glue?
Hi all!
Is there a glue that will work on polyethylene tarp material? Often I'd like to make patches to secure rips so that they don't get larger, but no glue I've tried seems to "melt" the tarp material to form a good bond. Is there a glue that will work? thanks! --- Gregg "Improvise, adapt, overcome." Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Phone: (617) 496-1558 |
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tarp repair glue?
Gregg Germain wrote:
Hi all! Is there a glue that will work on polyethylene tarp material? Often I'd like to make patches to secure rips so that they don't get larger, but no glue I've tried seems to "melt" the tarp material to form a good bond. Is there a glue that will work? thanks! --- Gregg "Improvise, adapt, overcome." Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Phone: (617) 496-1558 Don't know about a glue, I haven't found one either, but Harbor Freight Tools has a tape that works about as well as anything I've found. Donald -- I'm building a Steel Robert's 434. You can sneak a peek if you wish by clicking on me link below. http://bellsouthpwp.net/d/o/donrayp/ 'USA, Home of the best politicians money can buy' |
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tarp repair glue?
Nope.
"Gregg Germain" wrote in message ... Hi all! Is there a glue that will work on polyethylene tarp material? Often I'd like to make patches to secure rips so that they don't get larger, but no glue I've tried seems to "melt" the tarp material to form a good bond. Is there a glue that will work? thanks! --- Gregg "Improvise, adapt, overcome." Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Phone: (617) 496-1558 |
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tarp repair glue?
Jacques Mertens wrote:
: Many years I experimented with junk sails made from polytarp, the blue : stuff, and contact cement worked fine. Hi Jacques! Contact cement - good idea. I'll give it a try. thanks --- Gregg "Improvise, adapt, overcome." Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Phone: (617) 496-1558 |
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tarp repair glue?
There are tapes used in shrink wrapping boats.
Google for boat shrink wrap tape Gregg Germain wrote: Hi all! Is there a glue that will work on polyethylene tarp material? Often I'd like to make patches to secure rips so that they don't get larger, but no glue I've tried seems to "melt" the tarp material to form a good bond. Is there a glue that will work? thanks! --- Gregg "Improvise, adapt, overcome." Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Phone: (617) 496-1558 |
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Many years I experimented with junk sails made from polytarp, the blue
stuff, and contact cement worked fine. -- Jacques http://www.bateau.com "Gregg Germain" wrote in message ... Hi all! Is there a glue that will work on polyethylene tarp material? Often I'd like to make patches to secure rips so that they don't get larger, but no glue I've tried seems to "melt" the tarp material to form a good bond. Is there a glue that will work? thanks! --- Gregg "Improvise, adapt, overcome." Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Phone: (617) 496-1558 |
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"Jacques Mertens" ) writes:
Many years I experimented with junk sails made from polytarp, the blue stuff, and contact cement worked fine. "contact" cement is also called "rubber" cement people who make polytarp sails also bond by heating with a hot iron. never tried it myself. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William R Watt National Capital FreeNet Ottawa's free community network homepage: www.ncf.ca/~ag384/top.htm warning: non-freenet email must have "notspam" in subject or it's returned |
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NO, contact cement is NOT rubber cement. Contact adhesive is contact
adhesive. In article , William R. Watt wrote: "Jacques Mertens" ) writes: Many years I experimented with junk sails made from polytarp, the blue stuff, and contact cement worked fine. "contact" cement is also called "rubber" cement people who make polytarp sails also bond by heating with a hot iron. never tried it myself. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William R Watt National Capital FreeNet Ottawa's free community network homepage: www.ncf.ca/~ag384/top.htm warning: non-freenet email must have "notspam" in subject or it's returned |
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tarp repair glue?
.... and will pull apart with very little stress. Polyethylene is notorious
for having a surface that nothing will stick to. You can heat weld it, but it's beyond most non-commercial applications. It takes specific heat, pressure and dwell times, done either by bar sealers or "doughboy" continuous band sealers. You can try any glue you want, but I can tell you from years in R&D in the plastics industry, there is nothing that will work well with PE. Best bet are those tapes mentioned earlier, used on both sides. Duct tape will for for a few weeks, but weather and UV will tear it up pretty fast. Really... those blue poly tarps cost what... $5-15? Replace it if it's gone! "Dave Cannell" wrote in message .. . NO, contact cement is NOT rubber cement. Contact adhesive is contact adhesive. In article , William R. Watt wrote: "Jacques Mertens" ) writes: Many years I experimented with junk sails made from polytarp, the blue stuff, and contact cement worked fine. "contact" cement is also called "rubber" cement people who make polytarp sails also bond by heating with a hot iron. never tried it myself. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- William R Watt National Capital FreeNet Ottawa's free community network homepage: www.ncf.ca/~ag384/top.htm warning: non-freenet email must have "notspam" in subject or it's returned |
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tarp repair glue?
Gregg Germain wrote: Hi all! Is there a glue that will work on polyethylene tarp material? Often I'd like to make patches to secure rips so that they don't get larger, but no glue I've tried seems to "melt" the tarp material to form a good bond. Is there a glue that will work? Nothing that's not a lot more expensive than the tarp. However, there's always duct tape. -- Regards Brian |
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