

| Subject: | Re: My Poptop Front Screen DIY Replacement (pics) |
| From: | Dave Mcneely |
| Date: | Sat, 7 May 2011 09:07:13 -0500 |
Goodyear Pliobond work for this? Works on fishing waders wonderfully well. Stays flexible, even though the waders go into cold water and out into direct sun repeatedly. mcneely ---- neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > 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 -- David McNeely
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