I used this and used it generously, waiting for it to dry properly before bringing the two sides together,
http://www.dap.com/product_details.aspx?BrandID=46&SubcatID=8 - jeremy On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Rob Gordon <[email protected]> wrote: > Jeremy, What brand of contact cement did you use? > > On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 4:47 PM, Jeremy Shaw <[email protected]> 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]> 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 a topic in the >> Google Groups "hexayurt" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/hexayurt/jFOZyR0XMJA/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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. -- 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.
