Awning Repair Kit Recommendations

A couple years ago we drove our little motorhome with a really bad awning from Indiana to our new home in Florida. The awning had a lot of tiny holes in it and had started to delaminate in the area where it attaches to the awning rail. We went to an RV supply house in Elkhart and bought some awning repair tape. We used the entire roll and I was the one who liberally applied the tape. We did not plan on using it so I wasn't real careful about putting it on. . . just wanted it to hold together till we got it to Florida. Two years later, I took the coach for some other work and asked about replacing the awning. The tech said, "Well let's pull it out and see what we've got." To my surprise, it opened up exactly how it should and appeared to be well intact especially where the tape (now almost welded to the fabric) had been placed. He said, "Whoever put that tape on knew what they were doing!" I just laughed. He said he thought I could use the awning for prolly another year and it would work fine. As it was, I had already decided to get it in shape because I do want to trade up. So I called an outfit to replace the fabric. It was expensive, but the awning is beautiful and works well.

But the tape worked well. I wouldn't hesitate to use it. You've got nothing to lose.

Dale