Wolf, could you recap the specs for your velcro, vinyl and glue (pref. purchase links)? I tried vinyl and contact cement a couple of years ago, and I obviously used the wrong something b/c the joints failed.
Thanks, Steve "Swifty" Upstill On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 3:50 PM Wolf <[email protected]> wrote: > Thought I'd post a followup on my velcro H12. Today I unpacked and washed > it in preparation for BM 2016. This was the first time I'd looked at it > since it was packed away at BM last summer. > > The velcro, 500D cordura and Barge glue are all holding up magnificently > well! (Almost) no repairs were needed which surprised me considering how > windy and dusty it was last year. There was only one piece of cordura that > needed about 6" of re-glue. Other repairs were just fixing typical dents > and rips in the foamboard... damage mostly caused in transport. > > This will be my H12's fifth trip to the Playa! And since I posted my > original write-up, this yurt also survived Frostburn 2015, the year it was > -7F with a -35F windchill. > > I am definitely getting my money's worth out of this thing. > If you're building a new yurt and have the option to use Velcro... do it! > > -- > 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 https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
