This is OT here but considering the depth of the participation here this was the best place I could think of to get an accurate answer. I need to bond polyethylene tarps together, they would overlap and joined at their faces. What adhesive would be suitable for this? To be more specific, these are the silver tarps that Harbor Freight sells. Thanks.

Jeff Burke wrote in news: How flexible are you wanting the seams to be? If you're just wanting to use the composite tarp for flooring, try Liquid Nails. If you're trying to make a tubular tent, Duct Tape would work best. If you're trying to make a double-/triple-/quadruple-/...-thickness tarp then simply using rope through the grommets is sufficient.

Adhesives advice please?

Sep 19, 2006 22 Replies

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Richard J Kinch 19 years ago

Forgot to add, talk to the rec.boats.building newsgroup, where they improvise sails out of Tyvek by gluing, grommeting, etc.

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Jeff Burke 19 years ago

Researched that stuff yesterday. It's odd that Tyvek has a rep for being tough and tarps of a similar material don't. Must be something about the quality of the material and how it's assembled. I dunno.

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Richard J Kinch 19 years ago

Denser polymerization of the ethylene, spin-bonding a fabric instead of weaving.

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