3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
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There is a product on the market that is usually sold at RV stores called VLP, or Vinyl Liquid Repair. It is normally packed in a yellow tube about the size of a small toothpaste.
The stuff is awesome! You can join two pieces of vinyl and once it has dried you will tear apart the vinyl, not the glued attachment. I can't begin to list all the things made of vinyl I have successfully repaired with the stuff. Most notable was a good awning that had ripped loose in the wind at the "weld" between the white and colored fabric. I took the awning off, laid it out on the garage floor and applied VLP to the rip - which was at least 8 feet long. I held it together with masking tape until it was cured. The awning endured many more windstorms without tearing.
Anyway, to the point. If you are in need of a cover for your generator and are not into sewing with dental floss or fishing line, VLP will work great. Identify where your seam needs to go. Run masking tape down the outer edges that you do not want glued. Spread the VLP glue on and then clamp the seam together - preferably with something like a couple of wood paint stir sticks between the clamps and vinyl to spread the clamping force. Give it a few hours to overnight to cure and you have a PERMANENT bond just like a sewn one - but no holes.
Old awning material is usually free at a RV shop. If it has not gotten too stiff, it is excellent for making covers. Or, if you have a grill cover that is too big, you can reduce the size and glue it back together.
The stuff is awesome! You can join two pieces of vinyl and once it has dried you will tear apart the vinyl, not the glued attachment. I can't begin to list all the things made of vinyl I have successfully repaired with the stuff. Most notable was a good awning that had ripped loose in the wind at the "weld" between the white and colored fabric. I took the awning off, laid it out on the garage floor and applied VLP to the rip - which was at least 8 feet long. I held it together with masking tape until it was cured. The awning endured many more windstorms without tearing.
Anyway, to the point. If you are in need of a cover for your generator and are not into sewing with dental floss or fishing line, VLP will work great. Identify where your seam needs to go. Run masking tape down the outer edges that you do not want glued. Spread the VLP glue on and then clamp the seam together - preferably with something like a couple of wood paint stir sticks between the clamps and vinyl to spread the clamping force. Give it a few hours to overnight to cure and you have a PERMANENT bond just like a sewn one - but no holes.
Old awning material is usually free at a RV shop. If it has not gotten too stiff, it is excellent for making covers. Or, if you have a grill cover that is too big, you can reduce the size and glue it back together.
