Don't use binder clips. Use the hand sized spring clips that you can find @ Menards amongst the other clamps. They have orange rubber on both ends so they don't harm you paint or your hands, and have a very strong spring in the middle. It also helps to sew a pocket in the edge of your awning that mates to the van, and insert a piece of 1/4" or 3/8" rod. This makes the edge rigid where the clips attach, and gives them a better gripping surface. I used 3 sections of 3/8" all-thread with threaded coupling nuts for ours so I can collapse it and stow it when traveling. Rod Woten '87 Westy Des Moines, Iowa -----Original Message----- From: MIME :Pernice@GENTA.COM [mailto:MIME :Pernice@GENTA.COM] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 8:38 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Homemade awnings?
With spring camping season finally here and talk of awnings, I wanted to ask those who have succeeded in fashioning their own awnings: How did you attach it to the rain gutters / roof? There has to be a better way other than binder clips, and I'd be interested in hearing about other folk's resourceful solution to this. Vince '85 Westy
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