Has anyone ever tried to join large poly tarps together for the purpose of creating one big “monster” tarp?
One big tarp would be ideal for a situation where you have to cover a large area. In my case, a second story addition.
I see they sell “poly tarp tape” online. Would you ever use this to attempt try to connect tarps? Or just for areas where maybe there’s a rip or a hole in the tarp?
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Mike, buy one large tarp. I can't figure out how to join tarps without leaks!
If it can't be done with Gorilla Tape, then it can't be done!
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Go take a look at the web sites about using poly tarps as sails. There are a number of ways they glue these together to put "shape" into the sale. One I remember is hot melt glue in a folded seam and then you smooth it out with an iron.
I just used GI duct tape on the sail I made from a tarp.
I've seen "tarp tape", but i wouldn't trust it to last or hold up to heat.
http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page.aspx?c=1&p=62003&cat=2,42194,40727&ap=1
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Hey Chucky,
Now that's what I'm talking about.
I wonder how well they hold. But I like the concept. Nice find. Have you ever used them?
no i haven't
"One big tarp would be ideal. "
You said it yourself. So go out and buy one big tarp. What's the problem?
AitchKay
True,they do sell them big, but the question is, can they be joined to make them bigger?
Let's say you're on a job, and you have your big tarp, but now you have the need, that you didn't anticipate, to make your tarp bigger.
Do you throw away your first big tarp and just buy a bigger one?
Or can you join another tarp, with your first big tarp.
“Do you throw away your first big tarp...?”No, of course not. You’ll use it, and use it up, sooner rather than later -- as careful as you try to be, tarps are consumables.It’s not like buying a bigger tablesaw when you already have one, although I’ve done that, too. Also, how much of your valuable time do you estimate that this seaming is going to take? And unless you have a large gymnasium to seam it in, how are you going to flatten everything out to avoid leaky wrinkles?As you said, "One big tarp would be ideal. "AitchKay