Found this on YouTube and have used it many of times myself and thought I should share it with everyone!
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Awesome tent repair!!!! Check it out
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Yup, that's the way to do it! Makes for a very sturdy mend. Thanks for sharing the video!
Assuming the tent floor is PU coated, I'd use SeamGrip, which is urathane based, rather than a silicone sealer.
And while it's an OK solution for an at-home repair with 24 hours for drying, in the field, where I got the hole, I'd use Tear-Aid Type A, and be done with it.
I have used the same system to patch small (1-3mm) holes on silnylon.
they mentioned using either Seam Grip or Sil Net
they didn't mention that Seam Grip is better on PU floor or fly (which is probably 99% of commercially available tents) or that Sil Net is all that will work on silnylon
they used Sil Net on what I assume was a PU floor which works, but Seam Grip would have been better
otherwise, good video
Do you use the tear aid for a forever fix? I've had terrible luck with that stuff
I've found that Sil Net pulls apart fairly easily.
It might be better to leave a strong tape on one side as it would have more resistance to the Sil Net pulling apart.
Bill D
'Do you use the tear aid for a forever fix?"
Yep. Some repairs are more than 5 years old. Works for me.
Duct tape…
Gorilla tape…
Our Spanish-national exchange student reports that duct tape is sold as "American Tape" in Spain. I got a laugh out of that.
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