Crystal clear gorilla tape is easy to tear by hand and can be applied to clean and non porous wet surfaces.
Clean awning to use gorilla tape.
Patching my rv awning with clear gorilla tape.
Rather than use the standard rv awning repair tape i decided to go with clear gorilla tape.
Now there ya go.
After that when it would rain i would get wet under the awning.
Then wipe the area where the tape will go with 70 isopropyl alcohol to remove any remaining dirt.
Make sure to follow the package directions on the roll of tape.
The tape will stick better when you can make the surface as clean as possible.
If you can t afford to have it completely replaced you could use gorilla tape to repair it.
At the location where the tear is clean the top and the bottom surface of the awning.
Just the clean the area to be taped and lay it down press firmly when down and your done.
I always have a roll on hand just in case.
I ve had good luck using.
I did this in a ventilated space using polyurethane coated gloves to protect hands.
Sunll butyl seal tape 2 w x 16 l upgraded w6000 super weatherability functional film butyl repair tape multi use for boat and pipe sealing hvac ducts roof cracks rv awning window sealing blue 13 78 13.
It features the strength of gorilla tape in a weatherproof airtight tape that won t yellow outdoors.
I ll bet that the clear gorilla tape would be much better than the rv awning repair tape.
Fix patch seal hold and protect almost any surface with a crystal clear appearance for a perfect fix every time.
Here the awnings end bead is double stitched and the threads are disintegrating.
Having a 21ft awning required two rolls of this tape.
Will the repair tape at cw fix this i am hoping to avoid replacing the complete material at least for a while anyone have experience with this tape.
I hadn t realized that gorilla was starting to expand it s line of tape.
Uneasy rider on 08 16 11 01 18pm the vinyl covering on the exposed side of my awning in the rolled up position is cracking and peeling.
I was afraid a major failure was in my awnings future so decided to attempt a temporary patch.
Follow the directions but don t pull the tape or you will get wrinkles.
The rv awning repair tape comes in two varieties one for canvas awnings and one for vinyl awnings.
3 i finished by wiping clean with rubbing alcohol.
Fresh gorilla tape to dab up residue.
This didn t get it all but removed more than half.
Had to use it a couple of times already.