http://www.findtape.com/product586/Scapa-S301-Double-Coated-Clear-UPVC-Tape.aspx?cid=11&idx=18&tid=1&info=Double-Sided%2bTape
This might be worth experimenting with. On Monday, September 15, 2014 2:47:29 PM UTC-7, Jeremy Shaw wrote: > > 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] <javascript:>> 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] <javascript:> 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] <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > > 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.
