Be aware "tenacious tape"
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2018 4:07 pm
Hello all
Just thought I would post a word of caution when dealing with tenatious tape. My AFT fly net had two tears on either side upon purchase, which had been repaired using tenatious tape. Over time the tape has gone yellow in colour and is, in my opinion a distraction to the nice look of my van. Having read a few reviews on repairing I thought I would remove the old tape and sew a new piece of micro midge netting in.
Sadly my enthusiasm soon waned, as removing the old tape proved very difficult and proceeded to tear the netting further, sadly once committed I had to continue. Application of heat did not help either.
I have managed to do a temporary repair but feel it is no better than it was before and with prior knowledge I would not have attempted to remove the tape. Hope this goes as a warning to others considering a repair.
Just thought I would post a word of caution when dealing with tenatious tape. My AFT fly net had two tears on either side upon purchase, which had been repaired using tenatious tape. Over time the tape has gone yellow in colour and is, in my opinion a distraction to the nice look of my van. Having read a few reviews on repairing I thought I would remove the old tape and sew a new piece of micro midge netting in.
Sadly my enthusiasm soon waned, as removing the old tape proved very difficult and proceeded to tear the netting further, sadly once committed I had to continue. Application of heat did not help either.
I have managed to do a temporary repair but feel it is no better than it was before and with prior knowledge I would not have attempted to remove the tape. Hope this goes as a warning to others considering a repair.