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1995 Conway Countryman.
The old girl is now nearly ship shape. Lot's of little repairs and tweaks mean she's got years of life left in her, and i'm less and less tempted to upgrade.
The next little repair I'd like to tackle is the canvas rails round the kitchen area. They're like caravan awning rails. The rails themselves are fine, however, the bit sewn into the canvas that slides down the rails has become freyed at either end. The freys are about 2 to 3 inches long and has exposed the black rubber core, making feeding it down the rail during set up, more tricky than it should be.
I can think of three potential repairs:
1. Gorilla Glue or Glue gun. I suspect that this is a bad idea because it might make it less flexable than it was designed to be, hence not really fixing it.
2. Sew it back up. I think this might be the 'proper' way to do it. However, I'm bloody awful at sewing, and I don't know what thread to use for the job.
3. Sugru. ( this stuff... https://sugru.com/about ) this might be the easyest, and should do the job. I just a little worried that it might make the pipe too thick to pass down the channel unless I'm sparing.
Which would be the best, and are there any better fixes I haven't thought of? I can get you pictures over the next few days if that would help.
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Topic: Canvas Rail Repair
