Date:         Sat, 7 May 2011 09:07:13 -0500
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: My Poptop Front Screen DIY Replacement (pics)
Comments: To: neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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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"
> 
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> 
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--
David McNeely