Hmm, not sure I'm getting the picture. If there's velcro on the sticky side of the bifi, don't you still need to attach the other side of the velcro to the polyiso?
But even if that improves the attachment scenario, I wouldn't trust bifi to hold up over years. The dry desert is pretty hard on it, even if it's covered. I attached my velcro to Barge-cemented Cordura. On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 10:45 AM Bob Hearn <bob.he...@gmail.com> wrote: > Perhaps a stupid question, but what is wrong with just using 6" bifilament > tape, 4" on the polyiso, 2" extending out with the velcro attached to it, > and covering the bifi with aluminum tape? All those things are already in > our toolkit with no need for gluing. > > > On Friday, September 8, 2017 at 10:42:46 AM UTC-7, Steve Upstill (Swifty) > wrote: > >> Yeah, I like the velcro solution a lot (I had essentially zero tape usage >> this year). But Barge Cement was not a magic-bullet solution to gluing it >> down. Do we have a definitive adhesive for attaching to the foil? That >> seems to me the major weakness of this whole hexayurt scenario. Should be >> possible though, right, since bifi does such a good job adhering?... >> >> On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 10:29 AM Bob Hearn <bob....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Ah, thanks for that insight. I'm leaning towards velcroing mine. But >>> this year I had velcro straps for securing my swamp cooler to the yurt, and >>> yes, I tore off some aluminum breaking it down. >>> >>> >>> On Friday, September 8, 2017 at 10:19:19 AM UTC-7, Steve Upstill >>> (Swifty) wrote: >>> >>>> Be careful with that industrial-strength Velcro. It's not necessarily >>>> the case that stronger is better, since its internal bond can easily be >>>> stronger than whatever you use to glue it down to the polyiso. I still >>>> struggle with the ends of mine coming unglued from the panel on teardown, >>>> to say nothing of its grabbiness as a stumbling block when >>>> stacking/unstacking panels. >>>> >>>> I've got a truncated-pyramid "Aztec" yurt, not a hexi, but I wish there >>>> was Velcro that was a little less enthusiastic. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 2:38 PM Jeremy Shaw <jer...@n-heptane.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>> I beveled mine (the hard way). Totally worth it. Makes the whole thing >>>>> fit together nicely. I can ratchet strap it down nice and tight and it is >>>>> very solid. >>>>> >>>>> You can also save time on the playa by using 2" Wide Industrial >>>>> Strength Velcro Tape. Then when you get to the playa you just velco >>>>> everything together, and at the end you undo the velcro and pack it up. No >>>>> waste and faster setup and breakdown. >>>>> >>>>> - jeremy >>>>> >>>> On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 2:37 PM, rymar <ryanma...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>> I haven't come across an easy way to bevel edges of yurt but on 1" >>>>>> thickness panels does it make a difference? I would like to get as much >>>>>> taping done before I get to the playa and am wondering if I should bevel >>>>>> or >>>>>> not. 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