Awning fabric tear?
Over the 4th we went boondocking and while wandering through the trees my awning got a 2 inch tear by a dead limb on a tree. The awning is only two years old. It is in the white colored part. What is the best way to repair it?
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- The tear is in a 2 inch V shape, being about 3/8 0f an inch wide at the top of the V. Will eternabond work with that?
old guy wrote:
that' what I used, it is also called sail tape, used to be $15 per roll. that was five years or so ago since I bought mine. got tired of putting new tape on every year or so. I broke down and had insurance buy me a new one.
It still is $15 on Amazon, they sell Camco brand.
BK- oddly enough, if you have a "oh ****! " box... grab the eternabond... that stuff works great for awning repair. My buddy has had that stuff on there for a few years... that stuff will outlast the camper now... lol
If you get the awning tape. I'd apply to both sided, and if you are good with a needle and thread (fishing line) light weight. I'd sew a good over/under/thru.. tie it together at the tear and apply the tape on both sides again... like a suture.
$25 in parts.. a little time, will save you 3-400 for a new awning - that' what I used, it is also called sail tape, used to be $15 per roll. that was five years or so ago since I bought mine. got tired of putting new tape on every year or so. I broke down and had insurance buy me a new one.
- Camping World (and others) sell awning repair tape. Just stick it on.
