What do you guys use to seal the seams on you tarps? Do you use the commercial stuff or is there a better way ..... Thanks! Jason
What do you guys use to seal the seams on you tarps? Do you use the commercial stuff or is there a better way ..... Thanks! Jason
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Most use Silnet. www.rei.com/product/705425
"Every day above ground is a good day"
Yeah, SilNet works well.
- JT
I've used GE silicone and mineral spirits with good success. There are many places on the web that explain how to do it. Check out http://www.sixmoondesigns.com/support/seam.asp for a good start.
I also use 100% silicone caulk thinned down with mineral spirits and applied with a foam brush.
“Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it." -Terry Pratchett
Thanks guys!!!...I knew ya all would know!
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Ditto on what HC4U and Schneiderlein said.
Stoikurt
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After moving, my parents found my old air brush. I am wondering if silicone caulk could be thinned down enough to be sprayed by the air brush. It would certainly make getting the sealer into the nooks and crannies a little bit easier and make application a lot faster.
“Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it." -Terry Pratchett
maybe, but i don't know if spraying would work as well as the back & forth motion of a disposable foam paint brush for forcing the seam sealer into each & every needle hole.
same thought on "blending" the new silicon w/ the original as the spirits soften the silicon that came on the tarp, blending the new & the old???
I too will something make and joy in it's making
I've always just hand-smeared silicone straight out of a caulk gun.......Bought tubes from a hardware store, made sure I was outside (after the first time) and just shot a bead straight across the seam. Smeared in by hand, making sure to cover ALL the thread and then some.
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