Cycling UK Forum

hamster wrote:

T-800 wrote:A strip of sticky-backed flysheet material(nylon?).A bit thicker than my flysheet but a very similar colour.I applied it to the underside anyway.

That's sail repair tape!
https://www.pinbax.com/index.asp?Detail ... air%20Tape

If the fly is silicone coated you'll need to check that's OK for it, I was told it wasn't, but I didn't follow up on that.
I repaired a rip with a sewn patch and a bit of seam sealant over the stitching, though it was possibly bigger than what's being discussed here.

I used screwfix clear silicone sealant to patch a hole in the fly of my Vaude Taurus UL. That was 2011 and its still waterproof. The tent came with a small offcut of material for this purpose.

To those who have asked "Why not Gorilla tape" and "why not Tenacious tape" - I have used both these for repairs of equipment over many decades of outdoor activities, but if you get a piece of each of these alongside a piece of Spinnaker tape it is easy to see that the spinnaker tape is lighter, more flexible, and will adhere when scrunched up better. I would use Tenacious Tape for repair to heavier weight materials such as a Gore-Tex jacket, but the spinnaker tape is better for very lightweight materials, especially where they need to be tightly folded. Currently holding the down in on my Rab down gilet. It is the only one of the three made specifically for repairing lightweight materials, in wet windy environments, that also need to be folded up.

RobinS wrote:To those who have asked "Why not Gorilla tape" and "why not Tenacious tape" - I have used both these for repairs of equipment over many decades of outdoor activities, but if you get a piece of each of these alongside a piece of Spinnaker tape it is easy to see that the spinnaker tape is lighter, more flexible, and will adhere when scrunched up better. I would use Tenacious Tape for repair to heavier weight materials such as a Gore-Tex jacket, but the spinnaker tape is better for very lightweight materials, especially where they need to be tightly folded. Currently holding the down in on my Rab down gilet. It is the only one of the three made specifically for repairing lightweight materials, in wet windy environments, that also need to be folded up.

Thanks for that Robin, I hadn't considered the fact that it would need to be tightly folded and that that would make a difference.