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Apr 13, 2021 at 8:55 pm #3708836
I have a dyneema tent with a rip in the pole sleeve. Recommendations on repair methods?
Apr 13, 2021 at 10:31 pm #3708848“Rip”…? Tiny? Gaping? Pics?
Cuben tape with the edges backed up with Aquaseal wound be a good-as-new repair.
Apr 13, 2021 at 10:39 pm #3708849Apr 13, 2021 at 10:52 pm #3708850That looks like a reasonably low-stress spot. After the DCF patch and edge seal repair, just thread the pole carefully. Zpacks sells DCF repair strips in 54” lengths.
Apr 14, 2021 at 3:44 am #3708853Is the sleeve made of DCF? probably not?
Sleeves made of DCF should not be reasonable because it has no stretch.
From the pic, it looks like normal fabric. Then the way to repair is more limited.
Apr 17, 2021 at 11:57 pm #3709320Whoah! what tent is that?
Concur on the DCF tape
Apr 18, 2021 at 5:25 pm #3709385The tent looks like silnylon. Would not the sleeve also be silnylon? Cannot really tell from the photo. If it has a sewn seam that would rule out DCF, yes?
If the sleeve is DCF, like others above, I have used the zpacks DCF tape for all kinds of repairs on DCF. Works great.
Apr 18, 2021 at 7:05 pm #3709391Dyneema, but you guys are right the pole sleeves are nylon : Easton Si2 Cuben:
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20 D nylon ripstop SIPU 200 pole sleevesApr 18, 2021 at 11:26 pm #3709426-You’ve got me drooling
So I’ve had great success with DCF tape on many different types of fabric. Goretex, Tyvek, different types of nylons, polyesters, DCF. It always holds. In my experience
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