

| Subject: | Re: My Poptop Front Screen DIY Replacement (pics) |
| From: | neil n |
| Date: | Fri, 6 May 2011 20:33:20 -0700 |
And possibly "foolish". Hours spent was high (learning curves). Still. Shoring it up for another camping season seems worth it, (work being slow and all) Didn't think of adhesive flexibility. I can see how adhesive rigor mortis might not be cool. (repeated tent folding) D-oh! Shoulda used the Fabri Tac. Used it on side patches 2-3 years back. AFAIK, it hasn't cracked though it would see slightly less folding I think. As Haynes manual would say of reusing gaskets, lesser $ Goop may have been "false economy". Neil. On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 8:17 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: > > Brave fellow... ;-) > > Used Goop to glue the zipper into my coveralls once. �Dunno about sunlight, > but it turned rigid after a few years and broke into segments. �Still held > the zipper in, but it draped a bit oddly with a corner every inch or so. > > d > > > -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
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