Tenacious Tape (or not...)

Cheeky Monkey · Post by **Cheeky Monkey** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 10:22 am

After making some (small, thankfully!) holes in the edge of my Superfly recently and discussing possible repairs on here I got some of this:

http://www.ultralightoutdoorgear.co.uk/ ... _tape.html

Tried it at the weekend. What a load of tosh. Less adhesion than blue tack :evil: I've read the manual, followed it and left to cure for at least 18 hours. Came back to it and it just peeled / fell straight off. Worse than useless

Am I missing something? Is there some knack or trick I'm not aware of or some incompatibility (it's going on silnylon). I'm perfectly prepared to accept it might be user error but I can't understand why :?

Taylor · Post by **Taylor** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 12:08 pm

How big are the holes?

d45yth · Post by **d45yth** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 1:22 pm

Silnylon is known for being very slippy. Would anything be able to stick to it?

royAB · Post by **royAB** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 1:45 pm

I've used the 'ghetto fix' - bathroom silicone sealer (clear) mixed with white spirit & painted on. Seems to work fine as a sealer & as a glue to stick a patch over a large hole too

Cheeky Monkey · Post by **Cheeky Monkey** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 1:52 pm

They're embarassingly small in the cold light of day (as the actress said to the bishop)

Taylor · Post by **Taylor** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 1:55 pm

I would try as Roy suggests.

Cheeky Monkey · Post by **Cheeky Monkey** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 4:25 pm

Can't hurt I guess, shame the only stuff I've got is white

didnothingfatal · Post by **didnothingfatal** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 9:48 am

[quote="Cheeky Monkey"] What a load of tosh. Less adhesion than blue tack :evil: I've read the manual, followed it and left to cure for at least 18 hours. Came back to it and it just peeled / fell straight off. Worse than useless[\quote]

Tosh, sums up that summary, Arc'teryx shell ripped, Tencious tape patch, jacket has been through hell since, alpine climbing, blizzards, rain, the washing machine, stuff is still there as the day it was patched over 4 years ago

Taylor · Post by **Taylor** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 9:57 am

Silnylon is quite slippy though.

Never needed to patch any so far, touch wood.

didnothingfatal · Post by **didnothingfatal** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 10:00 am

Why not use the stuff designed for the job?

http://www.mcnett.com/Sil-Fix-Sil-Nylon ... -P141.aspx

Cheeky Monkey · Post by **Cheeky Monkey** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:02 am

Glad it worked for you but unless that jacket's Silnylon that doesn't help much

I got the tape because it seemed more versatile for a bunch of situations but yep, I reckon in hindsight the dedicated SilFix kit would be a better choice (or some MYOG sealant).

EDIT - anyone seen it on sale in the UK?

Bearbonesnorm · Post by **Bearbonesnorm** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:17 am

I reckon McNett seam sealer would 'glue' a silnylon patch ... it certainly stick well enough to sil.

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