Date:         Fri, 11 Sep 2020 19:35:33 -0700
Reply-To:     Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Edging my way toward pop top tent replacement
Comments: To: "Jim. Felder" <jim.felder@gmail.com>
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> I have heard that you could warm it with a heat gun

This is what I did. I installed the tent with top on so chose a cold
time of year to do so. This made it nearly impossible to punch the
staples through. Heat gun on low setting really helped soften the
plastic but too much heat would cause the plastic to malform. In
hindsight, I'd use a strip of wood in lieu of the OE plastic. ......
assuming that's feasible.

Neil.

On 9/11/20, Jim. Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have heard that you could warm it with a heat gun or immerse it in warm
> water before use. But this stuff is now almost 40 years old and still has
> to go through a brutal staple removal.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Jim
>


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Neil n

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