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Will DCF bonding tape stick to PU/PE coatings?

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Dec 8, 2020 at 1:46 pm #3687827

Stumphges
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@stumphges

I’ve got an inner tent with a thick sil outside/PU inside fabric bathtub. I reckon I can trim ~150 g by replacing the floor of the bathtub with 0.8 oz DCF. I’d like to cut out the floor, run 2-sided DCF bonding tape along the edge of the void, then bond a piece of DCF into it. The bond would be PU-DCF (most likely) or (perhaps, probably not) PE-DCF.

Will they bond? Any tape better than any other for this?

Dec 8, 2020 at 4:26 pm #3687858

Spencer A
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@spencer-a

Yeah, DCF tape sticks very well to PU coatings

Dec 8, 2020 at 6:32 pm #3687877

obx hiker
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@obxer

Sticks to frogg toggs. Are they PU?

Dec 9, 2020 at 5:07 am #3687916

Stumphges
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@stumphges

Frogg toggs are polypropylene.

Dec 9, 2020 at 5:07 am #3687917

Stumphges
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@stumphges

Thank you, Spencer

Dec 9, 2020 at 8:20 am #3687939

Chris R
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@bothwell-voyageur

This stuff

https://www.sailrite.com/Seamstick-1-Super-Basting-Tape-by-3M-60-Yds

Dec 9, 2020 at 6:30 pm #3688044

Roger Caffin
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@rcaffin
Locale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe

It’s actually 3M9485 transfer tape.
Good stuff though: I use it.

Cheers

Dec 9, 2020 at 10:00 pm #3688084

Pierre Descoteaux
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@pierre

+1 for Roger’s comment. I’ve been using that 3M tape for many cuben projects but also with PU coatings. Surprisingly good stuff!
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