Patching a tarp, any suggestions?

[AndyTN]

I have one of those giant poly tarps which ended up getting two baseball sized holes in it last winter. That was the first year for that tarp so not yet ready to throw it out. Anyone have suggestions for a good way to patch holes that large? I tried duct tape with PVC cement but that failed pretty quickly once rain water soaked into it. The only other thing I can think of is super glue with the duct tape.

 

[Spitdog]

I would try some of that vinyl cement used for patching vinyl pools. You know it’s good even if is wet. You could even use some pool liner vinyl if you had some laying around as a patch.

 

[Newdude]

They make a waterproof gorilla tape too. We’ve seen good results with folks using it to patch vinyl holes temporarily.

 

[Darin]

cut a patch off of a different tarp that you are not using. use pvc cement to glue it on. use the pvc cement that you plumb with, it patches everything above water.