awning protective tape

[Timeking]

Many retailers are selling a 8 inch wide vinyl tape that sticks to the awning to protect it, including Camping World, Walmart, etc. (see links below). I can't find any reviews on this stuff, though it -seems- like a good idea. Has anyone used it? Does it work? Seems easy enough to do.....

https://www.campingworld.com/awning-guard-protect-your-rv-awning-from-the-sun-and-weather-black

https://www.rvupgradestore.com/StickNBond-Awning-Guard-p/01-0004.htm

[Timeking]

Other than a few of you guys who have used eternabond, I guess nobody has tried this 8" protective tape. ??? For those of you that did use eternabond (I've got a roll of black), did it look like ****? Or it looked fine?

[Gjac]

Oasisbob wrote:
My OEM awning skin, 17 years old, is gettin brittle. I am buying time with gorilla tape and silicone. New skin in a few years

I did the same thing over the years. Gorilla tape and Trex tape are very strong and better that awning tape. I tried a latex spray to cover pin hole leaks when the PO scraped the awning on a tree branch. Eventually the threads give way and at 22 years old the basic awning still looked good except for the top 12 ins that were exposed to the sun and I lost it an a 40 mph cross wind in Wyoming last summer. Had an awning lock on the rear but wind tore it right at the front seam.

[profdant139]

This tape sounds like a good idea. I use a plastic rain gutter -- it fits on over the awning when the trailer is in the driveway.

Note to self -- next time be sure to remove the gutter before pulling out of the driveway.

[The_ugly_duckli]

I used Eternabond, works well.

[TurnThePage]

Juzaxadar wrote:
Seems very expensive, even more than eternabond. Would eternabond achieve the same result?

I put two rows of Eternabond tape on mine 5 or so years ago. It's worked great.

[Oasisbob]

My OEM awning skin, 17 years old, is gettin brittle. I am buying time with gorilla tape and silicone. New skin in a few years

[Juzaxadar]

Seems very expensive, even more than eternabond. Would eternabond achieve the same result?

[Johno02]

Seems like the 8" tape might be a problem to handle, but we use a lot of awning tape to patch our slide toppers before getting them replaced. Worked good for us.

[rockhillmanor]

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[wopachop]

I tried to edit myself. Looks like i was saying "there might be" blah blah.

Not sure what i was gonna say with that.

I will say if you lookup Hydrosilex and F11topcoat its a pretty good battle between spray on coatings. Both have really good reviews.

If you have a pressure washer you can shoot the Hydrosilex right onto your RV. You wax the RV with a pressure washer. Of course its not as good, but its quick. If youre a DIY type of person on a budget.

[wopachop]

Not the worse idea. Cover the exposed area of the awning with a protective tape.

I coat my exposed awning area with spray on UV protectors. First did ProtectAll which is good stuff but carnuba based and doesnt last long in heat. Lately trying HydroSilex that is the fancy new claimed to be simple ceramic coating. Not a real ceramic coating. But a spray on-wipe off ceramic coating. F11 topcoat is a similar product.

There migh

[downtheroad]

disclaimer: I have no experience with awning tape....so I guess I don't really know that I am talking about...but...

I can only imagine how difficult it would be to handle and smoothly apply any tape that is 8 inches wide. Heck, I have trouble, at times, using standard packing tape to seal a cardboard box.

I can see myself up on a ladder with a handful of 8 inch wide tape stuck to itself, to me and to everything except the awning.

[mobilefleet]

too expensive. $75-100? you can get whole new awning fabric for an 18 foot awning for 140 on ebay. Plus at only 21 ft, that's a ripoff. You can get 3m vinyl tape on ebay in various widths in a 36 YARD roll for less, which is well over 100 feet.

[ScottG]

I was helping a disabled vet who lives in his ancient Class A do some repairs on his RV. We found that the awning tape was great for covering the cracks in his fiberglass siding (corners of door openings had cracks jutting out from them). When you get all the bubbles out it just about disappears and it stick great as well.
I would think that if you could press on it hard enough, it would do a good job at repairing awnings.

[Lwiddis]

As protection from tears or as a repair for tears?