This was the second year for my velcro+vinyl+contact cement yurt. Stayed up with out issues. My report so far is:
1. velcro - awesome! Still works like a champ. No danger of common part. I used this stuff, http://www.costco.com/Velcro-Industrial-Strength-Sticky-Back-Tape-2%22-x-15'-Black-VEK-90197.product.11518093.html. I applied the sticky back stuff directly to the vinyl and polyiso. None of it has shown any sign of deteriorating or peeling. 2. vinyl - still in great shape. No tears, rips, or other defects. 3. contact cement -- definitely the weak link. It is definitely slowly deteriorating. I will likely need to do something about it next year. I have no idea what the heck the adhesive is on that velcro -- but if I could find it as a double-sided sticky tape instead of velcro it could totally be a winner. Dealing with the contact adhesives is definitely time consuming, messy, and requires good ventilation. Putting on the velcro, by comparison, was super easy. But the velcro is expensive, and not required in most places. So, an all velcro yurt would be seriously over priced. - jeremy On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 4:05 AM, Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter Project) <[email protected]> wrote: > > How was your burn? > > Did we learn anything interesting and worth documenting about hexayurts, > coolers etc? > > Do please share! > > V> > > -- > Vinay Gupta [email protected] http://re.silience.com > Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest > UK Cell : +44 (0)7500 895568 Twitter/Skype/Gtalk: hexayurt > "In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was > in me an invincible summer" - Albert Camus > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hexayurt" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
