Took your advice after watching many videos about repairing my soon to be totally 100% split hot tub cover. Yes, I procrastinated and stupidly let it split completely after almost 5 years of life in the baking Southern exposure sun and Chicago area 4-season brutal, annual temperature changes. Bought the combo H-66 and heavy-duty black vinyl to match the black trim on the bottom of my hot tub as well as the black bracket arms. Pix and links of combo products bought on Amazon Prime featured here for your review. Vinyl provided is 18” wide by 60” long. Hot tub cover is 7’x7’ so cut vinyl in half length-wise to get 2 long pieces 9” wide by 5’ or 60” long. Was a bit of a challenge brushing a ton of vinyl cement on such a long piece of vinyl and then also on the hot tub cover after washing with rubbing alcohol on a clean rag. Let the cement “dry” for about 5 minutes or so on both surfaces with shiny side of vinyl strip down and dull side up to look more like the existing gray cover. Anyway…let it dry in place for 24 hours before opening and it seems to have quite the strong bond. Let’s see how long it lasts. Glad I bought the larger 32 ounce cement because I think I may be spot-gluing the edges and other areas of such a large repair strip going forward and definitely prior to and during the nasty weather months ahead. Thanks for this advice! So far so good! I hope my $40 investment on Amazon saves me $500 for a new cover for as long as possible. www.amazon.com/Vinyl-Tarp-Repair-Kit-Cement/dp/B07BKVWWBD/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?crid=326I7SA520R84&dchild=1&keywords=h-66%2Badhesive%2Band%2Bthick%2Bvinyl%2Bpatches&qid=1632604589&sprefix=h-66&sr=8-4&th=1&psc=1 Link to brief iMovie video on RUclips with product purchased as well as finished result. Might not be a bad idea for us hot tub owners to put a vinyl strip like this on brand-new sewn covers to reinforce them from the start and prevent any kind of damage in the first place since it doesn’t seem to look too shabby: ruclips.net/video/I9hQXrLm2og/видео.html
Thank you for this helpful video - it was to the point, packed with everything I needed to repair my hot tub cover including where to buy the products used in your video. I received my order from Sailrite in a few days and successfully repaired my cover. Thank you!
This works great, so far. I bought the products online. The glue (HH66) came via UPS. Each sheet of Sailrite is large and is more than big enough for two patches; one at each end and a strip down the center seam. I did pretty big patches and while the color does not match very well because of the fading on the hut tub cover, the patches are holding well. Note; get a pretty big can of the the glue as you use a fair amount of it on larger patches. ;
Hail hit my hot tub cover and not only ripped holes in the vinyl, but knocked out some of the inner foam. How can I replace those missing foam chunks before I patch the vinyl?
My tub got hail damage and not water traps inside. I can't afford a new cover. Anyone have any suggestions? I was thinking doing my best to drain the water then duct taping it with all weather gorilla tape.
The patch that we used for this hot tub cover was made to cover a seam that was coming apart. Not because the fabric was ripping, but because the stitches were coming apart or rotting. So, yes it could be used for a vinyl to vinyl application for a ripped seam as long as you have vinyl to secure the patch to on both sides of the seam.
Unfortunately I could not buy any of this HH 66 and the only place I could get it from Rose Anderson but they wanted to charge me about £50 delivery that is because it is flammable and it had to go on a flight I did ask if they could post it more cheaply via the boat but they said no!😉🙁
Thanks for the video. Do you think this would work on a pool cover? Ive searched everywhere but the only pool cover patches I’ve found are for small holes, nothing more than 8” and unfortunately that just won’t work, I have a 16” torn seam I need to repair. :(
I think the stupidest thing ever is how hot tub covers are not water resistant!! A few rain storms and water gets through the top and destroyed the inside plastic. I had to repair the inside which was sagging into the hot tub water. Now I am planning on glueing down a piece of pond liner on the top to make it water proof.
You're absolutely right! It's like hot tub covers are allergic to water or something. Who would've thought that a cover made for an outdoor appliance wouldn't be water resistant? Genius design, right?
Do you think red hot blue glue, the pvc pipe glue stuff, would work or should I stick with what you used? I am needing to glue this pond liner on my hot tub cover. Thanks.
I have used HH-66 Vinyl Cement with Shelter-Rite fabric to repair a lot of vinyl fabric applications, but never a hot tub cover. I know that Shelter-Rite vinyl is one of the best vinyl fabrics to use with HH-66 vinyl cement. How do I know that? Because I have done extensive testing with other vinyl fabrics and have found that the vinyl on Shelter-Rite's fabric scrim (polyester) is bonded better than any other brand vinyl fabric. So... when the HH-66 is used on Shelter-Rite it is just as strong as sewing the patch in place since the glued vinyl does not easily pull away from the inner scrim of the vinyl fabric. I had a strong feeling that the hot tub cover repair would work great, but since it was never tested (by myself), I had no factual data. Now I know, that it works GREAT!
Appreciate the video. But could you possibly say shelter rite more times during the video. I mean it might as well be an infomercial at this point. Put it in the title to and make clear. Shelter rite.
Why does it even remotely matter to you what colour this gentleman chooses to repair HIS hot tub cover with? You shouldn't be caught up in other people's choices so much and just be thankful he's taken the time to record and edit a video to share a solution to a problem some of us are facing. I checked out your RUclips channel and don't see you making useful contributions like this.
I was thinking the same thing when I saw this video last year. My Hunter green hot tub cover developed a bad rip along the seam (worse then his). I bought a car of HH-66 but got my vinyl at Walmart. The only color vinyl Walmart had was black. No problem! I didn't like the 1990's hunter green color either, so I bought some vinyl spray paint and painted the hole cover light blue. It looks beautiful!
Exactly the solution I've been looking for to fix this problem on our cover! Thank you!
Took your advice after watching many videos about repairing my soon to be totally 100% split hot tub cover. Yes, I procrastinated and stupidly let it split completely after almost 5 years of life in the baking Southern exposure sun and Chicago area 4-season brutal, annual temperature changes. Bought the combo H-66 and heavy-duty black vinyl to match the black trim on the bottom of my hot tub as well as the black bracket arms. Pix and links of combo products bought on Amazon Prime featured here for your review. Vinyl provided is 18” wide by 60” long. Hot tub cover is 7’x7’ so cut vinyl in half length-wise to get 2 long pieces 9” wide by 5’ or 60” long. Was a bit of a challenge brushing a ton of vinyl cement on such a long piece of vinyl and then also on the hot tub cover after washing with rubbing alcohol on a clean rag. Let the cement “dry” for about 5 minutes or so on both surfaces with shiny side of vinyl strip down and dull side up to look more like the existing gray cover. Anyway…let it dry in place for 24 hours before opening and it seems to have quite the strong bond. Let’s see how long it lasts. Glad I bought the larger 32 ounce cement because I think I may be spot-gluing the edges and other areas of such a large repair strip going forward and definitely prior to and during the nasty weather months ahead. Thanks for this advice! So far so good! I hope my $40 investment on Amazon saves me $500 for a new cover for as long as possible.
www.amazon.com/Vinyl-Tarp-Repair-Kit-Cement/dp/B07BKVWWBD/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?crid=326I7SA520R84&dchild=1&keywords=h-66%2Badhesive%2Band%2Bthick%2Bvinyl%2Bpatches&qid=1632604589&sprefix=h-66&sr=8-4&th=1&psc=1
Link to brief iMovie video on RUclips with product purchased as well as finished result. Might not be a bad idea for us hot tub owners to put a vinyl strip like this on brand-new sewn covers to reinforce them from the start and prevent any kind of damage in the first place since it doesn’t seem to look too shabby:
ruclips.net/video/I9hQXrLm2og/видео.html
Same boat as you years later. Thanks for the idea.
Thank you for this helpful video - it was to the point, packed with everything I needed to repair my hot tub cover including where to buy the products used in your video. I received my order from Sailrite in a few days and successfully repaired my cover. Thank you!
Excellent. Thanks fo your order and good job.
Same here. Thank you Sailrite!
This works great, so far. I bought the products online. The glue (HH66) came via UPS. Each sheet of Sailrite is large and is more than big enough for two patches; one at each end and a strip down the center seam. I did pretty big patches and while the color does not match very well because of the fading on the hut tub cover, the patches are holding well. Note; get a pretty big can of the the glue as you use a fair amount of it on larger patches. ;
Thanks for the video . What if the hot tub cover broke in half . Can it be fixed ?
It can be, but it will be difficult. It should probably be replaced, sorry.
Hail hit my hot tub cover and not only ripped holes in the vinyl, but knocked out some of the inner foam. How can I replace those missing foam chunks before I patch the vinyl?
What if the tear goes all the way under the lid as well?
thanks!!! i just did this for mine! i think it is going to work out nicely!!!
My tub got hail damage and not water traps inside. I can't afford a new cover. Anyone have any suggestions? I was thinking doing my best to drain the water then duct taping it with all weather gorilla tape.
Would HH-56 work to repair a ripped seam ( not a tear, but the seam coming apart)?
The patch that we used for this hot tub cover was made to cover a seam that was coming apart. Not because the fabric was ripping, but because the stitches were coming apart or rotting. So, yes it could be used for a vinyl to vinyl application for a ripped seam as long as you have vinyl to secure the patch to on both sides of the seam.
I'm thinking of making one out of something else that doesn't use vinyl not sure what. There is lot better insulating material then those covers have.
Thanks for the video tutorial! This helped a lot!
works great for my pool patches as well!! taking the glued patch under a full pool of water to the tear!
Yes, we have many customer who have used HH-66 vinyl cement for pool repairs with success.
Glue would stick better to the dull rough surface. As well as roughing up the surfaces a little.
Most Covers are over $600 now...and on back order for 10-12 months. Good times.....
Unfortunately I could not buy any of this HH 66 and the only place I could get it from Rose Anderson but they wanted to charge me about £50 delivery that is because it is flammable and it had to go on a flight I did ask if they could post it more cheaply via the boat but they said no!😉🙁
Sorry, we cannot ship this outside the continental USA due to its flammable contents.
Thanks for the video.
Do you think this would work on a pool cover? Ive searched everywhere but the only pool cover patches I’ve found are for small holes, nothing more than 8” and unfortunately that just won’t work, I have a 16” torn seam I need to repair. :(
I think the stupidest thing ever is how hot tub covers are not water resistant!! A few rain storms and water gets through the top and destroyed the inside plastic. I had to repair the inside which was sagging into the hot tub water. Now I am planning on glueing down a piece of pond liner on the top to make it water proof.
You're absolutely right! It's like hot tub covers are allergic to water or something. Who would've thought that a cover made for an outdoor appliance wouldn't be water resistant? Genius design, right?
Do you think red hot blue glue, the pvc pipe glue stuff, would work or should I stick with what you used? I am needing to glue this pond liner on my hot tub cover. Thanks.
Hello. I enjoy your videos with tips etc. at the introduction you said "I hope". Does this mean you have not tested this patch before?
I have used HH-66 Vinyl Cement with Shelter-Rite fabric to repair a lot of vinyl fabric applications, but never a hot tub cover. I know that Shelter-Rite vinyl is one of the best vinyl fabrics to use with HH-66 vinyl cement. How do I know that? Because I have done extensive testing with other vinyl fabrics and have found that the vinyl on Shelter-Rite's fabric scrim (polyester) is bonded better than any other brand vinyl fabric. So... when the HH-66 is used on Shelter-Rite it is just as strong as sewing the patch in place since the glued vinyl does not easily pull away from the inner scrim of the vinyl fabric. I had a strong feeling that the hot tub cover repair would work great, but since it was never tested (by myself), I had no factual data. Now I know, that it works GREAT!
+Sailrite thank you for the reply. I have a couple of items that need a patch and I will order hh66.
Great!!!
Appreciate the video. But could you possibly say shelter rite more times during the video. I mean it might as well be an infomercial at this point. Put it in the title to and make clear. Shelter rite.
too hot, in the hottub
if the cover lifter was installed correctly this wouldn't happen.
@@macmclain1350 learn how to balance the chemicals in your tub..over chlorination is the killer of hot tubs
Age and Sun did my cover in.
You should have used a brown patch not a black! Looks awful
Why does it even remotely matter to you what colour this gentleman chooses to repair HIS hot tub cover with? You shouldn't be caught up in other people's choices so much and just be thankful he's taken the time to record and edit a video to share a solution to a problem some of us are facing. I checked out your RUclips channel and don't see you making useful contributions like this.
I was thinking the same thing when I saw this video last year. My Hunter green hot tub cover developed a bad rip along the seam (worse then his). I bought a car of HH-66 but got my vinyl at Walmart. The only color vinyl Walmart had was black. No problem! I didn't like the 1990's hunter green color either, so I bought some vinyl spray paint and painted the hole cover light blue. It looks beautiful!