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Initially Posted - 03/30/2013 :  11:16:30  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
Sunny SoFla eats up the blue & silver tarps in about 3 months.
By that time, the silver flakes are spotting all over the boat under the tarp, and the tarp is starting to rip apart along the mast.

I purchased a couple of Canvas Tarps, but just not big enough (I was planning on sewing them together but that is a no go.)

So today I bit the bullet and purchased a heavy duty tarp from Northern Tools. A heavy $299 with tax, phew! but it's 30' x 20' and a far superior tarp to the woven poly sheets used in the past.

I'll take some pics and post them. So far I'm impressed with the quality of the tarp, reinforcement strips on the inside along the grommet line and the surface of the tarp looks like solid vinyl, we'll see!

Paul
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Response Posted - 03/30/2013 :  17:16:15  Show Profile
Paul - Wow - big tarp big price. Prob is UV will eat it eventually. I have a back yard gazebo that sits in the sun all summer so I bought a couple of cans of Krylon UV spray paint. It's like suntan lotion (sunscreen) for fabric so it's clear and remains flexible. I laid out the gazebo roof fabric on the lawn and sprayed it. Last year the roof held up fine and when I took it down at the end of season, it was fine.
You might want to get 3 or 4 cans since you have a much larger area to cover.
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Response Posted - 03/30/2013 :  17:37:15  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Voyager</i>
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You might want to get 3 or 4 cans since you have a much larger area to cover.
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Or a gallon or two!

We spend over $200 a year on the 'cheap' tarps, but the mess that falls from them is a pain. I'm hoping the new one will at least last the year!

But your idea could be a game changer. Now if I were artistic!

Paul
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Kinda like sketching with invisible ink!
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<center>[url="https://www.catalina-capri-25s.net/cgi-local/MBR_gallery.cgi?Album+1000+113"]
<b>New Tarp</b>[/url]
Invested in a new Tarp for JD. Much better quality than the H.F. But also more expensive.</center>
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Well, without any treatment, the Tarp lasted just over 12 months.

Northern tools still carry the same tarp so now I have another.

I think I'll try the Krylon UV spray trick. The tarp is too big to paint completely, so I'll spray along the wear lines... the fore-aft centerline where it lays on the mast. And along each side where it lays over the lifelines and athawrtships across the spreaders and Bimini beam. That might help actually extend it's life past the 12 months.

Beats the heck out of slip fees! (I have to rationalize it somehow )

Paul
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