Pop-Up Blind Repair

[Big_Holla]

I've got a pop-up blind that has a big tear in it and am wondering if any of you have repaired one and what you used? I repaired it once already when I had it home and in the basement where it could dry. I used camo duct tape and epoxy, the epoxy was the only thing I had at the time. It worked but it is so hard that I am sure it will end up tearing around the edges of the patch, especially if I fold it up again. At this time the blind is out and set up when I found I created a new one and it's much a larger hole that I will need to fix. Any ideas?

 

[Outdoorsfellar]

Can you just take part of an old tarp & patch it from the inside leaving the rip as is ?. Afro - American engineering at its finest !

 

[Sgt Fury]

Can you apply that liquid rubber that they use to dip tree stand chains? That stuff is pretty flexible and if you do a coat on the inside, let it dry, then another coat on the outside, that’s should do it. Just throwing that out there because I think if you use something like gorilla glue, it may become brittle and crack.

 

[Big_Holla]

Can you apply that liquid rubber that they use to dip tree stand chains? That stuff is pretty flexible and if you do a coat on the inside, let it dry, then another coat on the outside, that’s should do it. Just throwing that out there because I think if you use something like gorilla glue, it may become brittle and crack.

I agree on the gorilla glue and other epoxy's. When I did the first tear I was in a rush and wasn't thinking about how hard it would get once dry.

 

[Big_Holla]

Can you just take part of an old tarp & patch it from the inside leaving the rip as is ?. Afro - American engineering at its finest !

I like that idea, especially since it's a larger tear.

 

[xbowguy]

Our bad spots were probably smaller than yours. But I wiped it down with alcohol and patched with gorilla tape. Still holding up since August.

 

[giles]

I need to do something like this to keep the squirrel marks from growing. I was also thinking that gorilla tape like Rick. I mean, you can hold glass together and it seemed less expensive then that stuff you can stop water from a fish tank.

 

[xbowguy]

I might add we put the tape on BOTH sides of the tears. Inside and outside.

 

[Buckmaster]

Good luck. One of mine went to the dumpster it was so bad.

 

[lung buster]

I sewed up some tears using fishing line and a needle.

 

[brock ratcliff]

I’ve used gorilla tape too. Works like a charm to squeeze a little more use out of a blind.