Mending small hole in canvas tent

[Rich]

Hi,

How can I mend a small hole in a canvas frame tent?

Thanks, Rich

[Dave Baker]

Struth, that's a tough one. How about stitching a small piece of canvas over it?

-- Dave Baker - Puma Race Engines

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that'll be 'strewth'

RT

[Rick]

The neadle holes make a row oftimy holes in the canvas, from meomory you also put some glue in there that fills up these holes, but I forget what type of glue...

Rick

[Syke]

In usage, perhaps, but "struth" could equally be correct as I think you'll find it's a contraction of "God's Truth"

PJM

[Lobster]

I've done it surprisingly sucessfully using a small bit of duck (aka duct?) tape - the reinforced, grey, very sticky stuff. Zero hassle and reasonably long lasting, if inelegant!

This was on a man-made fabric, I have to say, which might well be less stickable-to than canvas.

[EricP]

See if you can find someone who knows the old process of "darning" as in socks. You will need a length of thread exactly like the canvas one though.

Done properly it is almost indistinguishable.

[Chris Hodges]

Seam sealant?

[P.R.Brady]

Hi Rich, try a camping shop - repair kits with canvas patches and a glue with the consistency of Copydex. Phil

[Jayne]

With cotton canvas you don't need to worry too much about ordinary needle holes - a good soaking usually shrinks them down. You could of course use glue - often heavy cotton canvas is a bit heavy for a domestic sewing machine.

If you are going to patch it, make a sandwich of the tent fabric - do a patch both sides. Also, cut your patch with rounded corners as they tend not to peel the way square corners do

Jayne

[Jonathan Telfer]

As Homer Simpson says: "if something is hard it's probably not worth doing"

Do you not get the feeling that this particular tent is trying to tell you something?

[Triffid]

Jayne wiffled:

Troll:

Sewing - definitely womans work :)

[Rob Morley]

Sewing machine = power tool

[Jayne]

No wonder I normally only read posts here - should have known better than try to post.

[Rob Morley]

Did you not notice the smiley?

[anon]

couldnt agree more - dump it and buy my trailer tent - oops was that an advert !

[Rick]

u calling me a woman ?

[Triffid]

Jayne wiffled:

No no no.

I was only pointing out that it took a woman to tell us How It's Done.

[Andy Luckman (AJL Electronics)]

Nah, far too technical for a woman. You need my skills. :-)