Xenon .9 king size tarp

[infrastellar]

Well, I made my first tarp. I was very happy when I finished, together took me 9 hours. Its 3x4 meters rectangle tarp, nothing special.

I pitched it to put some silicone, and was not so happy to see this. There are some quite big holes on the central ridgeline reinforcements. I put silicon on, but I am not sure about the long term durability.

What do you think abut this? Is there a easy way to fix this? Or is it normal? Thanks for your comments in advance. Actually the holes look bigger on the picture due to the high quality lens and crop



and the tarp:

[Rynomcavoy]

I don't have personal experience with xenon .9, but I do know that Kyle at RBTR posted a thread on this forum concerning stitch elongation for his ultralight silpoly (basically xenon .9). He found a different way of making reinforcements to the tieouts that helps distribute the pressure which may be causing your xenon to hole.


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[ripstopbytheroll]

Well, I made my first tarp. I was very happy when I finished, together took me 9 hours. Its 3x4 meters rectangle tarp, nothing special.

I pitched it to put some silicone, and was not so happy to see this. There are some quite big holes on the central ridgeline reinforcements. I put silicon on, but I am not sure about the long term durability.

What do you think abut this? Is there a easy way to fix this? Or is it normal? Thanks for your comments in advance. Actually the holes look bigger on the picture due to the high quality lens and crop

You just have a mismatch between the stretch of the reinforcement and tarp material. Good news is you can fix it! Check out the post here for full instructions: https://hammockforums.net/forum/show...rcing+membrane.

Since you already built the tarp, in this case you'll want to make a patch that's a bit bigger than the patch you have now. All the same steps then apply. If it helps, here's a radial template you can use.

[infrastellar]

thanks! so I place a patch of another xenon on the current hyperd300 one? over the gg and rolled hem on the ridgeline? or should I deinstall the rolled hem and tieout? didnt understand the repair well maybe thank you for clarification.

[hk2001]

thanks! so I place a patch of another xenon on the current hyperd300 one? over the gg and rolled hem on the ridgeline? or should I deinstall the rolled hem and tieout? didnt understand the repair well maybe thank you for clarification.

Your best bet is going to be to completely remove the reinforcement materials, and then follow the instructions Kyle linked. Make sure your new reinforcement patch is big enough to cover the stitch elongation holes and the tarp should be fine.