Anybody Shrinkwrap?

[MikeR]

Thought I'd try doing this myself this year I've got the plastic, both types of tape, box of grommets, knife w/ replacement blades showing up this week. I did not order the heat gun for $400+. A few years back I saw this done with a rosebud type propane wand for like $20. I'm aware of the sharp corners and edges and I did order vents. Just looking for some help with possible hidden hangups or anything else you can think of would be greatly appreciated. seems like everytime I try and save some money something ends up lost, broken or burnt..... Thanks Mike

[wheeler4]

All I can say is that make sure your boat is dry, dry, dry! There was a guy at our campground where we spend the summer that had his boat shrink wrapped last fall. This spring it was full of black mold, what a mess. Took a long time to clean.

I think letting it breathe is much better.

[MikeR]

Thanks Wheeler for the tip, well I just finished 2 boats got out as much water as I could, used extra vents so hopefully not too much mold, anyways In case anybody is interested I got all the bugs out of the first one its pretty tight and looks like dump that was the 24ft. Next one the 16ft. with a little extra time tucking corners and some extra PVC pipe and it looks great, all in all I got 200 bucks into it with enough left over for 2 more boats, they wanted 360 to do just the big boat so I'm happy with the project. I think next year I will spend the $20 on the instructional video