Date:         Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:08:58 -0400
Reply-To:     BJ Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
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From:         BJ Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
Subject:      Re: Patch a small tear in the tent
Comments: To: Kevin Mulligan <mulligan_kevin@YAHOO.COM>
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My local outdoor/camping store has a tent repair kit that comes with 2 color
canvas patches and canvas cement. The tan color it comes with matches my
tent almost exactly. I found that it works pretty well.

Bryan

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Kevin Mulligan
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 1:39 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Patch a small tear in the tent

My westy has about a 2-inch vertical tear on the
driver's side next to the poptop hinge. I'm theorizing
that the hinge tore it due to worn elastic sewn in the
rear corner of the tent. It looks as if the elastic is
designed to pull the tent inward from the hinges
during lowering of the top, but that's mostly a guess.


Anyway, it's the original tent, and it looks as if it
could be patched somehow. There's plenty of room on
all sides for a patch.

Does anyone have tips for this? I've tried the
archives and can't get to the search page for some
reason. Do I just find some comparable material and
start sewing?

- Kevin Mulligan
90 syncro westy



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