Only time I had one leak is when I pitched the tarp upside down in the middle of the night.
Only time I had one leak is when I pitched the tarp upside down in the middle of the night.
DCF tarps are bonded with DCF tape, while this being silpoly uses a glue.
I’m very curious what his glue formula is or if he applies pressure to it when bonding.
I would like to make my own bonded winter tarp, and can’t afford nine or ten yards of DCF, so silpoly it is.
Hopefully Dutch reveals his construction secrets ITT.
Until recently it was impossible to repair silpoly/silnylon without resorting to relatively slow-drying glue, so field repairs were a PITA. I learned this the hard way when I ripped my GG Murmur pack.
However, Gear Aid came out with their silnylon repair tape, so they (or 3M, or somebody) solved the adhesive conundrum for this material. And I suspect Dutch is using this new adhesive.
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I believe we are in dutch's folder right now and I think he would agree.
Last edited by OutandBack; 02-23-2022 at 21:09.
No problem I was just curious. You may not have known it
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Who cares about showers, gourmet food, using flush toilets. Just keep on walking and being away from it all.
There are times that the only way you can do something is to do it alone.
Hopefully they’ll start cranking out tape for the DIY’ers for seam sealing purposes (stuff sacks and the like). Brushing on seam sealer isn’t hard, but it would be nice to slap on a piece of tape and call it a day. The repair patches are great for “patching,” but $10 for 30 square inches? Oy.
No worries, and actually my comment probably assumes too much about Dutch's product. I just knew that there is now a silpoly/nylon-compatible tape.
Looking at Dutchware website, there is a patent-pending claim which means that something about the material or the process is novel.
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