I thought briefly about that, but having a little experience at keeping rain out in a permanent building I figured the velcro wouldn't really provide a seal on an edge that's parallel to the direction of flow. Maybe it wouldn't be enough leakage to matter…
On Jul 30, 2013, at 8:07 AM, Jeremy Shaw <jer...@n-heptane.com> wrote: > I am experimenting with contact-cement+vinyl as well. For the temporary seams > I am thinking of using the size with vinyl strips as I do elsewhere. One half > will be contact cemented to the polyiso as normal. But on the other side I > will contact comment velcro strips on the vinyl and polyiso. > > - jeremy > > > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 10:02 AM, Steve Upstill <upst...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Group, > > This year I'm doing the vinyl-and-contact-cement thing for my permanent > hinges (very chuffed about that), and put in my tape order for the closeup > tape. I ordered 4" bifi for those because (except for the one or two pieces > of structural tape that close the roof and walls) they're just for keeping > rain out, right? > > Well I woke up this morning and realized: why are we even using that > expensive bifi for joints where 1) the only purpose of the tape is to seal > against rain, and 2) they're going to be ripped off at the end of the show > anyway. Has anybody got any suggestions for tape that's not so dear and that > pulls away with a tad less trauma to the foil? Of course you'll still need > the strong, sticky stuff to finish your nice unfolding yurt, but still… > > Cheers, > Steve Upstill > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hexayurt" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to hexayurt@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hexayurt" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to hexayurt@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to hexayurt@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
