If you want Velcro to stick to canvas through heat of day, cold of
night, and opening and closing of poptop - needle and thread.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
83.5 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
KG6RCR

On 5/21/2005 1:02 PM Tim Demarest wrote:

> Almost compleat...
>
> If it needs to stay in place, but be removed/opened - velcro.
>
> At 12:05 PM 5/21/2005 -0700, BA wrote:
>
>> The Compleat Toolkit:
>>
>> If it doesn't move, and should ... WD40.
>> If it moves, and shouldn't ... duct tape.
>>
>>
>> B(&S)
>> '87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc'
>> SoCal
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 20 May 2005 12:21:14 -0700, you wrote:
>>
>> >Aw, man. I have this lovely wife who enjoys camping but is very
>> >susceptible to cool weather. Hates anything below tepid. So Job One
>> >around here is keeping her happy. Happy wife, happy life, as they say.
>> >
>> >Anyhoo, I just went to close the poptop and discovered that the zipper
>> >which closes the canvas over the front opening is toasted. About three
>> >inches of toast. 12'' up one side. The tape has separated from the
>> coil.
>> >There's nothing to sew to, nothing to do except, I guess, pull the
>> >canvas and have a new zipper installed by a tent maker. Or get new
>> >canvas, which totally frosts my pumpkin because this canvas is just
>> fine.
>> >
>> >Maybe there is some kludge that will let me close the canvas w/o
>> using a
>> >zipper . . .
>> >
>> >Comments, sympathetic laughter, all appreciated.
>
>