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Help repair a critter hole

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Adam G BPL Member
PostedOct 20, 2014 at 7:46 am

So I just finished the Wonderland trail in early October, and it was great (7.5 days of sunny weather). However, the critters took quite a liking to my SMD Lunar Duo, chewing several holes in it to get an unclear reward (they seem to have gone after the toilet paper?). Most of them were straightforward to repair, but one of them isn't.

The critter chewed through the area where the netting is stitched into the bathtub floor. It's unclear to me how to repair both the netting and the floor such that they can rejoin together. If it's not clear from the picture, the floor is folded over and the netting is stitched onto the little fold. The entire fold is chewed up. Any ideas?

Critter hole

Jerry Adams BPL Member
PostedOct 20, 2014 at 8:11 am

is it silnylon or not?

if silnylon, take a small piece of silnylon and glue it on with diluted silicone caulk:mineral spirits (1:5) or McNett silicone sealant or that stuff for automobile windows

if not, use polyurethane like McNett Seam Grip instead. Scrap of non silnylon fabric. It drys a bit tacky so spread some powdery material like talc or clay dirt or whatever to keep it from sticking to itself, although with this small that's probably not an issue.

it would look kludgy, but it would work

Adam G BPL Member
PostedOct 20, 2014 at 8:39 am

The floor is made of 30D Silicon Nylon. If the above repair is as simple as it sounds, I would need about a 3 x 3 inch piece of black 30D silnylon. If anyone has any sitting around and would be willing to PIF me a small piece, I would be quite grateful. Otherwise, I have to buy a big roll, and my sewing skills are not quite up to quality yet such that I would know what to do with the rest.

Jerry Adams BPL Member
PostedOct 20, 2014 at 9:08 am

i have some but I'm away from home for a couple days

PM me your address

Jerry Adams BPL Member
PostedOct 20, 2014 at 9:28 am

I got your address, I'll mail it to you in a couple days

One thing about making stuff is you end up with a lot of little pieces

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