Paint roller is a good idea! For refurbishing, seems rags just move the dust around. Gotta be blown and/or damp wiped off.
We’ve been utilizing The Danger Fluffer but will switch to a roller. > On Oct 30, 2014, at 6:35 PM, Steve Upstill <[email protected]> wrote: > > Even better: a paint roller (just the core; no roller required) on the end of > an extension. > > On Oct 30, 2014, at 3:14 PM, Joshua Keroes <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> For applying tape over the top, I use a window squeegee taped to a long >> stick. Mine has a sponge side and a rubber side. The first is good for >> de-dusting and the second is good for tamping the tape down. >> >> Bonus: It'll even wash your car's window pre-Exodus. Weird, huh? >> >> On Thu Oct 30 2014 at 2:56:15 PM Jay Batson <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Similar notes (and a bit more) from me. >> >> I had a similar tarp / rain experience. I had cut mine to the shape of the >> yurt (about 4-6" bigger than the yurt footprint), and just left the yurt >> sitting on it (initially). And, like you I started to get water intrusion on >> Monday. Happily, because there was very little tarp to pull underneath the >> yurt, I was abel to pull it in from under the yurt during the storm, and >> stem the water. >> >> Once everything dried, I debated how extensively to tape the tarp to the >> inside. I ended up just tack-taping it mid-wall on each side (vs a full-on >> ring of tape) to keep the tarp from sagging down, which worked just fine. >> Specifics: I put a 2" square piece of bi- tape at the midpoint on the walls, >> as a surface to tape to and prevent the yurt foil from getting pulled off >> during teardown. I didn't do anything to hold the tarp up at the wall >> corners; the folding of the tarp material at those corners introduced enough >> stiffness to hold the tarp up. This all worked fine. >> >> I've concluded that standing up your yurt is best done in the morning hours >> (6-8am). There is generally no (or, much less) wind then. (Speeds seems to >> increase as the day proceeds.) Late-afternoon (5-6pm) is predictably the >> windiest time, and the worst time to assemble. >> >> This is my 2nd year with my yurt; I'd stored it with Phoenix between burns. >> So I came prepared to do some on-playa yurt tape maintenance. I ended up >> pulling off most of the tape that had been applied on top of other tape last >> year - e.g. the roof ring, and the tape used to join the roof halves. Any >> tape applied directly to the R-Max (e.g. hinges) seemed to have held up fine >> (since it was squeaky-clean on initial application). >> >> I also came prepared with a bunch of clean rags (from an auto parts store) >> to wipe the dust off the ring / roof surfaces to get a good new tape bond. >> The rags didn't collect enough dust; they left enough behind that I wasn't >> happy. So I crumpled up wads of Bi- tape, sticky-side-out, and ran them >> along the tape target areas, which picked up the dust nicely. But can you >> say "Expensive tack rag?" Next year, I'll try some of those masking-tape >> lint-rollers (for clothes) to see if that takes the dust off better. >> (Anybody have any better solution / idea?) >> >> In re: door hinge, the tape hinge started to sag for me, too, last year. So >> I brought some "strap hinges" from Home Depot, and bolted them directly to >> the yurt with holes through the foam. I started with just one hinge on the >> upper half of the door. (See photo below). I put the 2nd one on the lower >> position after a couple of days. CAUTION: Getting the hinge pivot lines >> aligned vertically is REALLY CRUCIAL. I don't think I got it perfect, which >> will (over time) cause some wear on / expansion of the bolt holes. I think >> it'll be ok for another year or two, but I probably eventually need to add >> plywood like others do. (I'm trying to avoid / minimize ply, because of the >> bulk / weight overall). >> >> Swamp coolers rock. 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