How to Put Grommets or Eyelets into a Tarp

If your tarp could use an extra tie down or peg point, instead of piercing straight through the material and making a big messy hole, let our teammate Ben show you how easy it is to do properly in this video.
You can use this technique on solid groundsheets, canvas fabric or even mesh to ensure that your extra holes don’t fray and spread. This makes it super easy to preserve the life of your tarp or groundsheet.
All you need is a multi-tool, hammer, eyelets/grommets and washers, and an eyelet tool and you’ll be all set to customise your tarp.
Check out the OZtrail Eyelets & Tool Set No. 4 here:
www.snowys.com.au/eyelets-too...
0:00 - Intro
0:55 - Differences with 2 kits
1:24 - Create small hole
1:56 - Adding second part of brass fitting
2:26 - Adding the top piece

[@TheSilentHit]

All these pointless negative comments. Thanks for the video, showed the process without to much fluff.

[@SnowysOutdoors]

Thanks for watching @TheSilentHit, glad it helped. ~ Lauren

[@LKing-kl2fz]

Thanks! I inherited a grommet tool from my late father's tool room. Today, years later, I needed to install a grommet for a pull in a window blind I was replacing. This helped me understand how the tool worked.

[@SnowysOutdoors]

I'm glad you found it helpful, L' King. The only thing I'd recommend is trying to make the hole a little cleaner than I did in the video, I butchered it a little. ~ Ben

[@CarlCampbell]

Just what I needed! I own a rain poncho I'm planning to stretch out and use as a tarp for overnighters or as an emergency shelter, this'll do nicely!

[@SnowysOutdoors]

I'm glad you found the video useful, Carl. ~ Ben

[@917Stefano]

Thanks, this is good info!

[@lets_eat_n_talk]

Thank you 😊. Very helpful💕 Your videos are amazing. I love the outdoors

[@SnowysOutdoors]

Thanks, Abigail, I'm glad you found the video useful. Happy Camping! ~ Ben

[@tsbda]

Get a room lol

[@orakelgottes]

excellent video .. thanks for posting!

[@SnowysOutdoors]

You're welcome, Orakel. ~ Ben

[@noahriding5780]

This is actually pretty useful. You could do all kinds of stuff with these, especially coupled with a rope kit.

[@SnowysOutdoors]

Yep, definitely a versatile kit to keep in your vehicle or garage. ~ Ben

[@ristomattikolsi5711]

Thanks for the tip. Now i do it my self.

[@SnowysOutdoors]

No worries @ristomatti kolsi - goodluck! ~ Lauren

[@Billmyman]

Brilliant and thanks

[@SnowysOutdoors]

I'm glad it was useful. ~ Ben

[@christophervela5447]

Very helpful

[@SnowysOutdoors]

Good to know, thanks. ~ Ben

[@bushratbeachbum]

You should get a wad punch with the kit, it looks like a piece of tube with one end closed, it's sharpened on the inside. Leaves a round hole, a lot less likely to start a tear from than anything else.

[@SnowysOutdoors]

That's a good idea, Bushrat, it would make the cut much cleaner. ~ Ben

[@bushratbeachbum]

@@SnowysOutdoors all the kits I've seen have a rudimental punch in the pack. They're not great quality but they do the job. I have proper wad punches and they're much nicer to use

[@vaughanreed7920]

Great video and just what I am looking for. So you still sell these?

[@SnowysOutdoors]

Hmmm, we don't seem to have any stock at the moment, I've raised this with our purchasing team. ~ Ben

[@walid7189]

do you think it's possible to fold and iron it (making a loop) using a regular home iron? or does this kind of tarp doesn't respond well with heat?

[@SnowysOutdoors]

I'm not quite sure what you mean sorry, but I wouldn't recommend using an iron, or if you do, only using a cool setting as the material may melt. ~ Ben

[@ElohiSilverEarthVentures]

Ya usually nylon doesnt take well to heat

[@azranhazim841]

I wanna make a water release system for my DIY pond that uses the this canvas. Will there be leaking around the of the tarp?

[@SnowysOutdoors]

Sorry @Azran Hazim, leaking around which part? Or, did you mean will the tarp leak in general? ~ Lauren

[@katsshibainus3258]

When I hammer them together they stick together but the bottom part that sticks up does not flatten out How do I get that part to flatten?

[@SnowysOutdoors]

The little device used should help curve these bits over, Kats, it's hard to offer advice without seeing exactly what is happening though sorry. ~ Ben

[@dher1000]

Would cutting an "X" in the tarp work easier?

[@SnowysOutdoors]

Probably, I butchered this one. ~ Ben

[@kaulishm]

what is the black material in the corner?

[@SnowysOutdoors]

Its a piece of plastic reinforcing that came on the original tarp @Kaulish Mehta. Some tarps may have them, some wont - depends on the brand. ~ Lauren

[@frankm3214]

Is he saying family of firmly?

[@SnowysOutdoors]

I'm saying 'firmly', Frank, no mention of families in this vid. ~ Ben

[@lesroberts2244]

Use a solder iron

[@SnowysOutdoors]

I assume you mean that this would be useful to put a hole in the tarp? Good idea if that is what you meant, Les. I butchered the hole a little in this video, I only had a knife on me at the time. But if you have something hot, like a soldering iron to create a hole then you are sealing the edges as you go, making things much neater. ~ Ben

[@alex-ny2mf]

All i wanna know is gow to fix an eyelet that cane put of place

[@SnowysOutdoors]

I'm not 100% sure what you mean @alex the oreo, but it sounds like you just need to remove and replace it for a new one. ~ Lauren

[@ZEROmg13]

@1:28......."That's not a knife...... This is a knife."

[@SnowysOutdoors]

Classic ~ Lauren

[@frankm3214]

I'm a minute in and he's still talking about why one would want extra eyelets. I get it.

[@SnowysOutdoors]

Sorry Frank, I'll try and speed things up next time. ~ Ben

[@scottsmit1115]

Feels like he did rush job. Wish more up close shots.

[@SnowysOutdoors]

It was a little rushed, Scott, this was by no means the cleanest job. I headed out to shoot the video, without a whole lot of planning, so just made do with what tools I had at hand. ~ Ben

[@georgel3657]

Cmon mate you can't make this any clearer! If you don't get this then you should be staying away from tools anyway

[@Pathfinder24Flims]

Delivery is no longer free

[@SnowysOutdoors]

This has changed a bit over the years, Pathfinder24Films, it's now free over $49.00. ~ Ben

[@RamPatel-jy8po]

Shoping

[@frankm3214]

1:49 That not a knife.

[@SnowysOutdoors]

It's all I needed for this job, Frank. In fact, there are better things I could have used, a soldering iron is one of the best suggestions I've had here as it also stops the fabric from fraying. ~ Ben

[@Gorgeousbronze1]

😄😄😄 that was the best part of that movie

[@jcproductions007]

@@SnowysOutdoors it was a joke mate, referring to Crocodile Dundee !

[@paulmacgillis1063]

Could he speak English?? Just kiddin', mate!

[@SnowysOutdoors]

Haha, I'm getting a bit of grief over this one. ~ Ben

[@deepakkumargyt]

Need to b remove subtitles ,then only we can see it practically what ever u r doing there.

[@SnowysOutdoors]

The subtitles are a setting on your end I believe - you choose if you want closed captions displayed or not ~ Lauren

[@mrtaktiks]

Your effort doesn't do a darn thing when you are trying to add grommets to heavy mil, vertical, hard-to-reach locations--on say, an existing fabric shelter garage. Those tools you reference suck because they typically have too short setting tools and at times you have to really go after them to get the hole open, and cleanly. Need better solutions.

[@SnowysOutdoors]

We weren't targeting the application of grommets for your situation, Norman, it sounds like you need a more commercial or industrial solution. ~ Ben

[@GTgyro]

Learn how to pronounce your "R"s lol

[@teancrumpets5685]

GTgyro he’s an Aussie