Tent Floor Repair

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  1. acursi15

    acursi15 New Member

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    My tent floor has a small hole in it from something sharp that was on the ground. What should I use to repair it? The material is polyethylene. Just like a tarp. Any suggestions on something that will hold up to water and last awhile?
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    Gorilla tape
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  3. goforit75 New Member

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    2ND the Gorilla tape....
  4. Grandpa

    Grandpa Well-Known Member

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    To keep it simple, definitely gorilla tape. There are other just as good tapes out there but gorilla is readily available.
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    I'll 3rd that.
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    Cappy Well-Known Member

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    I have been seeing new tapes on the loud mouth commercials both super strong and coming in super wide any one see or try them. I have down talked gorilla glue on here and still stand by my experience it swells when ya use it and I used it several places undoubtedly I didn't apply it right cause after a few years it kinda crystallized and failed. but I have had no trouble with the tape. So far.
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    I have seen the flex seal tape commercial. That's about it. Most time I have stuff recorded on dvr and I just jump commercials.
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    Oh wait, I do carry a roll of gorilla tape cause sometimes it can get my hind end out of a bind. But it's not permanent.
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  9. Grandpa

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    3M makes some great heavy industrial tapes but I haven't found them commercially. Duct tape comes in many grades. The good stuff is real good, the rest, well not so good. When the kids were racing stock cars, they used duct tape to hold cars together after fender wars. They laughed about the quality calling them 60 mile an hour tape, 90 mile an hour tape and 120 mile an hour tape. The good stuff would hold floppy fenders, bumpers and loose hoods in place the whole race. The other stuff didn't last once around the track.

    I have only bought one roll of gorilla tape and had no problems with it. Grandson ran a dirt bike through the back window of my old beater truck. Gorilla tape held a plastic replacement in place quite a while and a couple thousand miles until I replaced the window.
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  10. acursi15

    acursi15 New Member

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    Thanks everyone. I will definitely check out the gorilla tape. I appreciate it.
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  11. jason

    jason fear no beer Staff Member

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    Well today I found out duct tape comes in many flavors. Be honest since I found gorilla I haven't used much else. Love that stuff until I stick it in the wrong place by accident.

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