Best way to reinforce grommets on a silver tarp?

atossab · Post by **atossab** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 12:58 pm

Put up the shade structure last weekend in a mild breeze, the grommets were already looking pretty sketchy. Any ideas? All I can think of is duct tape! Thanks.

Zona_the_stona · Post by **Zona_the_stona** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 1:00 pm

you can probably find these at any hardware store, I got mine at home deposit

http://www.overtons.com/cgi-bin/overton ... .cgi?23986

symbolsimon · Post by **symbolsimon** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 1:08 pm

Harbor Freight has poly clip-like gizmos that pinch onto the tarp wherever you might need extra support, are removable and don't make a hole. I've used them, but haven't given them the BRC stress test yet.

symbolsimon

________________
I feel more like I do now than I did when I came in.

Post by **AntiM** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 1:10 pm

We bring a grommet repair kit for the tarps which do crap out. Invaluable piece of surplus.

atossab · Post by **atossab** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 1:31 pm

Thank you!

Tafkah · Post by **Tafkah** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 7:17 pm

When one of my gromets geets loose, I remove it, sew some more tarp material to both sides, and install a new gromet. The silver tarp material from Harbor Freight is pretty strong.

atossab · Post by **atossab** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 7:39 pm

Gnome depot in SD only has a repair kit, and they're metal. If the tarp is torn already, how can this help? I'm looking for the little plastic thingies still.... I guess if I sew new tarp material around new metal grommets. Wait, why not just sew tarp material around them before I get there. Hmm, thanks again people.

calsur · Post by **calsur** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 10:35 pm

Zona_the_stona,

The clips you show I have seen up at the big box. Do you think they will work with 10 mil tarps?

Thanks

Zona_the_stona · Post by **Zona_the_stona** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 10:44 pm

To tell you the truth i'm really not sure. I bought a pack of these but haven't tried them yet. I bought a 20x30 tarp on ebay. It has gromets on it so I figured this would just help tie it down better. We plan on hanging one end of the tarp to a car or shade structure and just rebar the other end into the ground. This will serve as shade for our tents. I guess I should experiment with it before I hit the playa

calsur · Post by **calsur** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 1:19 am

Zona_the_stona,

Thank You for my latest freak out. When you posted about a 20' by 30' tarp I went into repeat mode and thought that is what I bought. And then freaked out as this is twice as wide as I wanted. So I had to go tape it out. Which led to a close encounter with the Orange County Sheriffs. 4 of them. I think that they thought I had this big tarp (10' x 30') spread out in my driveway to dispose of some bodies. Now there are some neighbors I would not mind losing but I would never wrap them up in the driveway.

TJ · Post by TJ » Wed Aug 25, 2004 7:18 am

If your reinforcement fails here's an on playa fix that I've had work better than the orig grommets. Of course you'll need to bring a couple golf balls, small rocks or similar with you... cheap insurance.

affinity · Post by **affinity** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 8:53 am

Great answers from everyone, but TJ rocks. Not only a great suggestion but visuals. How cool is that.

atossab · Post by **atossab** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 12:52 pm

Thanks TJ, how cool is that? You're my hero.

naga brain · Post by **naga brain** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 2:31 pm

Last year I made completely new grommet holes by putting duct tape on both sides and then I used the grommet repair kit. It worked quite well, allowing me to cut a whole tarp to size and reset a whole new set of grommets!

Best way to reinforce grommets on a silver tarp?

Best way to reinforce grommets on a silver tarp?

grommets

Tarps

TJ Rocks!!

Repair Jobbies