Weather guard spa cover repair

[dvanderveen]

Hi there,

Does anyone know how to repair torn polyester spa covers? What adhesive bonds best?

I’ve got a dream maker weatherguard cover on my hot tub. Documentation is hard to come by, but it seems to be a polyester fabric with urethane coating. It’s got the checker ‘rip stop’ pattern look.

I didn’t see anything specific in these forums on this topic but please add a link if you have!

Thanks!

 

[ajw22]

Show us pics of the cover and tear.

Do you have an overlap on the tear to glue together?

 

[dvanderveen]

Show us pics of the cover and tear.

Do you have an overlap on the tear to glue together?

No overlap, the tears are at the seams unfortunately. But I thought about buying a strip of polyester fabric large enough to overlap both sides of the seam, and glue it on. It would need to remain flexible for these locations. I am not so concerned how it looks compared to functionality of the repair..!

 

[Mdragger88]

To be honest I would just sew the patch in instead of using adhesive. Might take you 10 minutes.

 

[ajw22]

I would get the widest duct tape you can find and lay it over the seam. In effect the duct tape is your fabric patch with a strong adhesive on it. Or look for tarp repair tape.

I have been using duct tape to hold together my solid pool cover for years.

You can see some of the grey patches in the pic below...

 

[Mdragger88]

If you sew it use black thread- no one will notice it except you.

 

[dvanderveen]

Thanks for the suggestions, I’ll try to post a follow up when I decide on one.