[A/S] A FIX FOR ROTTING STITCHING ON AWNING.

["Richard Dorsten" <richarddorsten@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

THE STITCHING ON MY AWNING DRY ROTTED BUT, NOT THE WHOLE AWNING, BUT 
PARTS OF IT AND I GOT A BOTTLE OF DAP CONTACT CEMENT AND PUT IT ON 
BOTH SIDES OF THE FABRIC WHERE THE SEAMS ARE LAPPED OVER WHERE THEY 
WHERE SEWN AND LET IT DRY THEN PRESSED THEM TOGETHER. THIS CEMENT IS 
WATER PROOF AND HOLD LIKE IRON. IT IS USED TO PUT FORMICA DOWN ON 
COUNTER TOPS. I HAVE USED IT TO RE-GLUE THE RUNNING BOARD RUBBER DOWN 
ON MY FIBERGLASS RUNNING BOARDS AND THEY HAVE HELD JUST FINE.I DID 
THIS LAST WINTER WHEN WE WERE IN FLORIDA.  THE PULL DOWN STRAP ON THE 
AWNING ALSO NEEDED SEWN, SO I GLUED IT AND HAVE PULLED IT DOWN WITH 
THAT STRAP SEVERAL TIMES AND IT HAS NOT PULLED LOOSE YET. YOU CAN GET 
THIS AT LOWES IN A SMALL BOTTLE WITH A BRUSH IN IT OR IN DIFFERENT 
SIZE CANS. I HAVE A COVER-IT VINYL BUILDING LIKE THEY ADVERTISE IN 
CAMPING WORLD AND DIFFERENT MAGAZINES AND A LIMB WENT THROUGH THE 
ROOF OF IT A ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO AND I GLUED A PATCH ON IT WITH THIS 
CEMENT AND IT IS HOLDING UP FINE. I JUST DID THE STITCHING ON MY 
AWNING, BUT SO FAR SO GOOD. THE STITCHING PULLED LOOSE ALSO AROUND 
THE ROLLER TUBE AND I DECIDED TO HAND SEW IT AND IN THE BAD PLACES I 
DID BOTH, GLUED AND SEWED. I HOPES THIS HELPS SOME PEOPLE OUT. IT MAY 
GET YOU A COUPLE MORE YEARS OUT OF YOUR AWNING. RICHARD IN SOUTHWEST 
OHIO SEWING WITH GLUE.