Portable Ice House... Help!!

[quacksmackMN]

My buddy and I are planning to leave on a 3 day fishing trip and I just pulled my portable frabil fish house out of the shed and discovered that a family of mice decided to set up shop in it. Long story short I now have a fish house with two large holes chewed in the fabric... anyone know if there is a way to patch them?

[leechlake]

quick fix, iron on patches and duct tape or gorilla tape. Long term can wait til you get back.

[hawgchaser]

If you can get it inside where it's warm, cut a couple patches of canvas or other heavy fabric, coat the patch and tear area with Tearmender (found at FF in the tarps section), and, when the adhesive is tacky, press the patch over the hole while someone holds a board against the wall's other side. It may work when cold, but it will take longer to bond. Doesn't take long at all when warm.

[norseman]

iron on patches have worked well for me. you can get them at michaels. for bigger holes I've also bought canvas at michaels and glued it on with 3M spray adhesive (bought at napa). I had the same problem with critters...now I take my tarp off in the off-season and store in a duct taped closed Rubbermaid tote.

Good luck.

[Gus]

Tearmender found at fleet farm in the tarp section is awesome stuff.

I've used iron on patches for most of my ice houses though. Get someone to help and put one on the front and back side.

[jdsmi]

I had this happen to my new Frabill a few years ago. I bought a piece of nylon Canvas from Wally World and used Tear Mender to attach it over the hole. I'm on my 4th year and it's still holding although the patched area is a little stiff. That said, with this project I learned that Tear Mender needs to "soak" into the material for it to work best which coated Fish house canvas doesn't allow.

I've since found a much better product for this application called Tear-Aid. It can be found at Fleet Farm. I've seen this used on camper canvas. The finished product remains flexible and looks much better.

[dfv87]

I took some iron ons int he past then used a large needle with power pro line to stitch a few on the corners to make sure it held... it was not pretty but it was effective.

[RIPN LIPS]

canvas patch and a needle and 4lb test. This is a 2 person job but works well.

[quacksmackMN]

Well I ended up doing a quick repair job using the ultimate quick repair material... (aka duct tape). I will do a more permanent repair later. Thanks for all the advice!

[Northsider #13]

Tear Mender!