Oh cool! Happy to have helped!

Nice! Get a thicker tarp though. Mine has actually started to pull apart

Oh! Nice! Thanks for sharing. I thought of tape too but I just thought it might come off sooner or later

@@gabeslifestuff yes, it has come off after more than one year, and then i have put more gorilla tape. Hence I am looking to sew it. Just today I sewed it, but with lots of trouble due to the glue of gorilla tape. I wish i had sewed it in the first place. But still time will tell soon. Hence sharing what I went through so others may find it helpful.

@@quirkyj1125how will you seal the seams? I was going to sew, but thought water will come through all the small holes.

@@daniellehardy8841 I feared the same that water may come through small holes. so far no leakage after sewing at the sides. It looks better than with gorilla tape. Less hassle taking off / on, keep it well loose and don't see all the way to the end. I'd say, leave about 1/2 metre from the bottom no sew. I'd tie it around with plastic rope that came with the tarp. My tarp(bought from ALDI) has some eyelets/holes for passing the rope when tying, a set of these holes are on either side of the tarp.

@@quirkyj1125 that is really useful feedback, thank you. Now I need to convince my mum to use her sewing machine, she is not so keen!

You’re most welcome, Roxy LQM! Hope it works out for you. Fun doing it too!

Happy to help! Hope it works out for you

@@gabeslifestuff Thanks for the encouragement! Luckily my tarp came packaged in a piece of scrap tarp so I was able to try a variety of iron temperatures and experiment. My tarp is 20 mil and regardless of the temperature, I cannot get the heat to penetrate enough to fuse a seam without first melting holes in the top layer. I even tried flipping it over after doing one side to fuse from both sides. Not good. So I can say that 20 mil is too thick for this technique. Luckily, I had enough material to experiment with before I damaged an expensive tarp. I would definitely try this again if needed in the future just with thinner material.

Ahh! That’s such good info! Gives us an idea of the “doable threshold” of this DIY. Thanks so much for sharing!

Oh! Thank you so much!

Nope. Baking paper that you use to cook cake and stuff

Hi Louis! Mine have a few holes on the ironed seams already. I think it’s because I bought the cheapest/thinnest type of tarp. So if I was to do anything differently, I would get a thicker tarp so there’s more material to bind on the seams.

Hi Phillip! Good question. I don’t use it anymore to be honest. Some of the ‘heat weld’ edges have actually opened up. If I were to do something different, it would have to be that I should have used a thicker kind of tarp. That’s mainly it.

@gabeslifestuff Appreciate the honest feedback. Surprisingly, there's not a lot info on the topic. Appreciate the video and reply! 👍🏻

@@gabeslifestuffwhat about a glue?

@@daniellehardy8841 is there a type of glue that’s made specifically for tarps?

@@gabeslifestuff there is! And there is also a special tarp tape. I did lots of googling after I watched your video. Another option I am thinking about it sewing and then treating the seams with a special waterproof sealant. I haven’t decided exactly what I’m going to do, I need to balance the time it takes vs longevity!