Oops.

Due to the difficulty of finding the right tape here in Austin, I pre-assembled my hexayurt almost entirely with duct tape. While it was sitting in the heat waiting to go on the community truck, it was already starting to peel. I then got an emergency message from one of the hexayurt staff that I should take stranded tape with me to do repairs once on the playa, or my yurt is likely to blow away. I already bought some 2" stranded tape for exactly this purpose, since I knew the duct tape wasn't as strong as I'd like it to be. I also ordered some 3" stranded tape which will hopefully be here by Friday. This is the kind of tape I would have used if I'd had more than two days to get the job done. The yurt is on the community truck, which is already on it's way.

So now the question is, what do I do when I get out to Burning Man? It's virtually guaranteed that all of the existing duct tape, particularly on the outside, is going to melt off. If I wanted to take off *all* the duct tape and start over, this might be an advantage. But this implies re-doing hundreds of feet of taping in the dust capital of the world, which may not be an option. I'd also really like to re-do the fan-fold design with the new tape, but this is time-consuming and fussy, so I might not have time. Finally, the foil coating that makes the whole thing work is *very* fragile, and pulling even ordinary packing tape off of it is very fussy, careful work that still can partially damage the surface.

It's going to be interesting...