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Re: Seeking: Great idea for attaching straps?
By:mike allen
Date: 6/10/2008, 2:55 pm

: I am leaning toward nylon (polypro?) straps and buckles. I
: like the traditional look. But I am looking for a good idea to attach them
: to the deck. I have plenty of stainless screws and upholstery washers but
: thats sort of ugly to me. I am farmiliar with the soft pad eye method of
: melting the ends too.

: Does anyone have any other ideas? I am just not sure what I want to do.

i didn't have polypro ( and nylon i had was way too weak for melted tabs) so:
- i just cut the slot where i wanted the strap inserted,
- rolled the nylon strap end into a 1/4" roll and saturated with CA glue.
- mushed polyurethane caulk around the slot under deck
- pulled the webstrap and 'roll' into the caulk.

i can't remember, but for places i couldn't reach, i mushed P/U on the roll and pulled the web thru carefully.

anyway, another idea

mick

Messages In This Thread

Seeking: Great idea for attaching straps?
Kudzu -- 6/9/2008, 3:24 pm
Re: Seeking: Great idea for attaching straps? *Pic*
Etienne Muller -- 6/10/2008, 3:49 pm
Re: Seeking: Great idea for attaching straps? *Pic*
Etienne Muller -- 6/11/2008, 11:50 am
Re: Seeking: Great idea for attaching straps?
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 6/11/2008, 1:35 pm
Re: Seeking: Great idea for attaching straps?
Kudzu -- 6/11/2008, 4:38 pm
Re: Seeking: Great idea for attaching straps? *Pic*
Etienne Muller -- 6/12/2008, 7:11 am
Re: Seeking: Great idea for attaching straps?
Kudzu -- 6/11/2008, 12:32 pm
Day hatch picture. *LINK* *Pic*
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 6/11/2008, 1:33 pm
Day hatch option------WebKitFormBoundaryUU4dsl7UZl *LINK* *Pic*
Dan Caouette (CSFW)------WebKitFormBoundaryUU4dsl7 -- 6/11/2008, 1:30 pm
Etienne's Works
Pozamua -- 6/10/2008, 5:12 pm
Re: Seeking: Great idea for attaching straps?
Kudzu -- 6/10/2008, 4:30 pm
Re: Seeking: Great idea for attaching straps? *Pic*
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 6/10/2008, 4:30 pm
Re: Seeking: Great idea for attaching straps?
mike allen -- 6/10/2008, 2:55 pm
Internal bungies *LINK*
Rod Tait (Orca Boats) -- 6/10/2008, 12:24 pm
Re: Internal bungies
Kudzu -- 6/10/2008, 2:16 pm
Re: Internal bungies
Glen Smith -- 6/10/2008, 4:37 pm
Re: Seeking: Great idea for attaching straps? *LINK*
Donovan -- 6/9/2008, 11:06 pm