I finished a tarp the other day, and decided to try this out to attach panel pull's. It worked very well, and I'm very happy with the result. I ended up using a lot of excess silicone to make spreading it evenly a lot easier, but because of this I ended up having to wipe up a lot of excess, and it left a slight residue that's visible on the tarp (maybe I could market these area's as "extra waterproof"). I think next time I will try applying the silicone to the patch first, then putting it onto the tarp.
Also, FWIW, I picked up a new tube of GE Silicone II at Walmart for this. They had 2 versions: a red tube for interior/sink/shower use and a blue tube for exterior/window/door use. The blue tube was marketed as "sun/cold proof". Probably this is just marketing, and they're the same product, but for the same price I grabbed the blue tube just in case it has better UV properties.
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