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Awning poly cord glue

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I'm going to replace my awning fabric. Fabric is in good shape, except where it tried to eat a tree.:)

Awning is about 16 feet long and about 8 feet wide. Only about the first 12 inches are bad and I'll have enough good fabric left over that is not ripped to re-do my slide out, if and when slide out ever needs it.

Question I have is about gluing the end where the poly cord is threaded threw.

If I could glue it and do it right it would save me about $200.00 in material.

Awning fabric is "acrylic" and from Care free of Arizona. I can see where it is glued and the glue is brownish looking and looks like glue was brushed on. But that's about all I can tell.

What do you think would be the best for glue for this job?

Thanks
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Tom_N
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NYCgrrl wrote:
Tom N wrote:
I've used "Liquid Stitch" to glue my woven acrylic Care Free awning. Worked great and is waterproof and permanent. Drys clear also. Liquid Stitch is available in the sewing area of many stores. I got mine in Walmart a few years ago.

Note: Liquid Stitch will NOT work on vinyl awning material.

Should memory serve me correctly, Magna-Tex, is a more potent version of the same formulation as Dritz's Liquid Stitch. Or use Lineco Inc. Neutral pH White Adhesive, a pecialty glue which dries clear. I've never used glue as more than a temporary hold on high stress textiles which in plain English, means I thread stitch over the glued area. The Lineco product is specifically made for book binding and won't change colours once it's set enough to become clear.

HTH.


Thanks for the info on Magna-Tex and Lineco. I'll put that in my RV notes and google for availability and more info.

On my old Vectra I rough stitched the torn ends of the awning and then went over this area with liquid stitch.

I have had no problems with my current acrylic electric awning, mostly because we put it up when not using it.
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NYCgrrl
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Tom N wrote:
I've used "Liquid Stitch" to glue my woven acrylic Care Free awning. Worked great and is waterproof and permanent. Drys clear also. Liquid Stitch is available in the sewing area of many stores. I got mine in Walmart a few years ago.

Note: Liquid Stitch will NOT work on vinyl awning material.

Should memory serve me correctly, Magna-Tex, is a more potent version of the same formulation as Dritz's Liquid Stitch. Or use Lineco Inc. Neutral pH White Adhesive, a pecialty glue which dries clear. I've never used glue as more than a temporary hold on high stress textiles which in plain English, means I thread stitch over the glued area. The Lineco product is specifically made for book binding and won't change colours once it's set enough to become clear.

HTH.

Tom_N
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I've used "Liquid Stitch" to glue my woven acrylic Care Free awning. Worked great and is waterproof and permanent. Drys clear also. Liquid Stitch is available in the sewing area of many stores. I got mine in Walmart a few years ago.

Note: Liquid Stitch will NOT work on vinyl awning material.
Sarver, PA/Crystal River, FL/Shelocta, PA ยท W3TLN ยท FMCA 335149 ยท Mystic Knights of the Sea
2005 Suncruiser 38R ยท W24 chassis, no chassis mods needed ยท 2013 Honda Accord EX-L ยท 2008 Honda Odyssey EX-L