A hole in your tent's bug screen can be a major problem in mosquito infested campsites. For speedy in-the-field repair, it's duct tape to the rescue! Here's how to patch things without creating tension in the mended mesh that can pull apart your repair or causing stitching to blowout elsewhere:
Send the person who made the hole outside the tent, zip shut the mesh door, and have him hold a flat object such as the bottom of a pot against the hole. It must be positioned so it is not pushing the door out of shape.
Cut your duct tape patch and apply over the hole from inside, taking care to avoid making any wrinkles in the mesh.
Rubbing your patch with a spoon will improve adhesion
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Rub the edges of the patch with the back of a spoon against the pot to cause good adhesion, but try to avoid making the tape adhere to the pot through the hole.
Remove the pot and check that the repair is flat and not creating tension wrinkles. Adjust if necessary.
Now apply the same size patch to the outside, reposition the pot, and rub to make the sticky stuff meet from both sides through the mesh.
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Realign big tears with short pieces of tape inside, then apply a full patch outside, remove the short pieces, and add a full patch inside. Colored adhesive ripstop tent repair tape also works, and can be stitched later for a permanent repair. And you can make decorative shape repairs — butterflies, bugs and more!
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