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Title: pop up blinds?
Post by: kruked arra on December 30, 2009, 08:34:00 AM
anybody had to fix a hole in thier blind, if so how??
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Post by: z-man on December 30, 2009, 08:54:00 AM
I had a large limb go through the roof of my ameristep blind one year. Glad I wasn't in there at the time. I repaired it by using the iron on denium patches they sell at the Mart. Iron it on inside the blind. It seems to be holding up very well. It could be even better if I could have gotten it sewn around the patch after it was ironed on.
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Post by: kruked arra on December 30, 2009, 08:56:00 AM
thanks alot...... funny how the hole in mine looks alot like a broadhead lol
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Post by: wingnut on December 30, 2009, 09:03:00 AM
I have a hole in a DB that looks a lot like Connie shot through it with a shotgun.  It's not getting fixed though.  .. leverage!!

LOL

Mike
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Post by: T Folts on December 30, 2009, 09:07:00 AM
I have a hole from a broad head in my DB I poked thru (yikes) I havent fixed it yet but I have repaired my pop up camper witht the walmart patches and they seem to be holding real good so that is my plan
Terry   :banghead:
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Post by: lpcjon2 on December 30, 2009, 09:12:00 AM
Camo Duct tape.its a traditional mans fix all !
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Post by: EricW on December 30, 2009, 09:34:00 AM
I got one of them broadhead shaped ones myself.
Havn't fixed it yet. but plan on using duct tape.
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Post by: Arwin on December 30, 2009, 09:42:00 AM
Save it for a Peek A Boo hole!!!!   :readit:
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Post by: bear1336 on December 30, 2009, 10:00:00 AM
Duct tape works just fine...
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Post by: TommyBoy on December 30, 2009, 02:07:00 PM
I don't want to ask you how you got the hole in your blind ...  :eek:
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Post by: kruked arra on December 30, 2009, 02:36:00 PM
dont ask tom but you know that blind wasnt 5 hrs old!!
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Post by: EricW on December 30, 2009, 02:41:00 PM
don't laugh too hard. mine happened the first time using it. had the bow propped with arrow ready and it slipped.
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Post by: thunder1 on December 30, 2009, 06:18:00 PM
I've got more holes in my blind than I do turkeys out of it. For the cost of a blind you would think we would buy a bow stand or hanger. Duct tape works fine.
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Post by: kruked arra on December 30, 2009, 07:00:00 PM
thanks for the help
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Post by: LKH on December 30, 2009, 09:42:00 PM
Shoe Goo
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Post by: thunder1 on December 30, 2009, 10:31:00 PM
What's shoe goo?
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Post by: Tom Leemans on December 31, 2009, 07:55:00 AM
thunder1
Shoe Goo is alot like weatherstrip adhesive. It's probably a slightly different formula. When the sole starts flopping off your sneaker, that's what you use to glue it back on. Kinda messy stuff. I'd use camo duct tape, just so I can have a roll of camo duct tape laying around.
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Post by: Don Stokes on December 31, 2009, 08:34:00 AM
What the heck, a hole here and there gives it character. Also conversation pieces for those long waits when nothing is happening.
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Post by: Joey Ward on December 31, 2009, 09:52:00 AM
The problems with holes is they grow.    :)  

I found some neat little camo patches at Wal-Mart, in the sewing section, that really work well. They're 4"X4" with an adhesive back. Made to adhere to cloth material. Sorta like the iron on patches of old that your mother used on the knees of your jeans. These are peel and seal type. They work much better than duct, as weather doesn't seem to affect the adhesive.

They work really well on clothes too. Even through many washings.
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Post by: Running Buck on December 31, 2009, 12:04:00 PM
I have repaired most holes in blinds with a hot glue gun and some camo fabric. The hot glue will hold until it gets REAL hot(over 100) in the sun. But this doesn't happen to often. If you buy a hot glue gun you can get High Temp glue for them now.
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Post by: Mamba on December 31, 2009, 12:08:00 PM
Anybody have problems with the rods sticking through on their DB?  I have had 3 poke through mine, so far.  The first hole I closed with a zip tie, the second 2 I sewed.  Has anyone sent thiers in for repair?