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Subject Topic: Please help! Tent leaking at stitch holes Post Reply Post New Topic
Personlynnie75
19/4/2014 at 3:36pm
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Hello everyone. We are a family of four and have recently bought a second hand outwell yellowstone falls tent. We slept out in it last night and it was great. But today I thought I best check it for leaks and there are three of them I think it is the stitch holes that are letting in the water. Now we have a trip to Kerry planned at the end of June and the weather there could be very unforgiving and so I would really appreciate any and all advice you could offer on how to fix the leaks. I have seen there are a number of seam sealant type things but I wouldnt know where to start re which one will work. Also is it advisable to reproof our tent, the man we bought it from said he was advised not to (polycotton) but the outwell website says you should...very confusing.

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Hi there Lynnie. we have used a seam sealer called NAS-COAT. the instructions how to use are on the bottle.You should be able to buy it at any good camping shop. hope this is helpful to you. happy camping.

       2pp. it could rain or get dark before morning.


PersonSimonr75
19/4/2014 at 4:04pm
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The tent probably hasn't seen much water in its life so that is maybe all it needs to help the fibre swell and become waterproof.
Put the tent up in the garden if you can and give it a soaking with the hosepipe, this should do the trick.
We have a Montana lake and you could see straight through the stitching in places....first downpour did the trick now totally sealed and waterproof..


Personlynnie75
19/4/2014 at 4:27pm
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Thank you both so much, I was so worried Simon the tent is prob a good few years old and I reckon its probably just a bit of wear and tear on these stitch holes that has stretched them. However if it aint broke Im not gonni fix it so Ill turn the hose on it again now and see what happens. Then I get in with the   sealant stuff prob no harm to have it anyway. Thanks agian

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Personlynnie75
19/4/2014 at 5:25pm
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Hmmn the plot thickens I soaked the tent with the hose again to see if that would do the trick (got my son to turn the hose on it) while I sat inside watching for where the water was coming in....its on the zippers themselves. Now I read somewhere that that will happen with old tents and there is nothing I can do about it...oh no is this true? Is there nothing that will help?


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PersonBob61
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I am not sure that polycotton benefits from a soaking in the same way that canvas does as it has a waterproof membrane rather than just relying on the fibres to tighten up but somebody with a better knowledge of polycotton may disagree.

With regards to water leaking through stitch holes on the seams or zips, that is no problem. Buy a tube of seam sealer from a camping shop and following the instructions apply it to the inside of the seams/stitch holes. That is what seam sealant is for. However, it is like a clear glue and dries into a 'rubbery' seal so don't get any on the zip runner or hasp and don't pack the tent away until it has dried or it will stick to parts you don't want it stuck to.

Incidentally...don't the zips have a flap on the outside that covers them to prevent water leaking through?


Personzivadog
19/4/2014 at 7:53pm
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He probably just caught the tent inside the flaps that cover the seam ,all seam sealers should have instructions,chuck water on your tent without pushing the zip flaps the wrong way


PersonSGThomas
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A good temporary fix is to run a bar of soap down the seam.

Recommended by Lord Baden-Powell himself!


Personhappycampers98
20/4/2014 at 10:29am
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Yellowstone falls is not an old tent, they only came out last year or the year before and its polycotton so has loads of years left in it


Personlynnie75
20/4/2014 at 4:48pm
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Oh my ye are all so kind to offer your advice. Ive used something called klebfest glue on the seams that seemed leady its usually used on shoes as its waterproof, strong, flexible and nearly invisible. Im going to wax around all the zips and fabsil all the outside. Now how many cans of fabsil am I likely to need for the whole tent? Like 7 maybe? The guy we bought if from never reproofed it as I asked him that when I bought it, so its a first time thing. I think I may order a few of them eh? Oh I cant wait to go camping....!

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I've just sone my TT with fabsil,took 2 of those big tins 3l i think,got them from Go Outdoors and picked up some paint pads and an extension pole,didn't take long at all.


Personhappycampers98
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You shouldn't need to proof the tent at all. Repost on camping under canvas for the tent folk to advise before you spend all your money


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Quote: Originally posted by happycampers98 on 20/4/2014
You shouldn't need to proof the tent at all. Repost on camping under canvas for the tent folk to advise before you spend all your money


Very true...there is not usually any need to waterproof the outside of a tent, especially one that is only a couple of years old at most. I decided to waterproof mine because it was an ex display model and had been out in all weathers for the whole of last summer and rainwater had stopped beading on the outside...it wasn't leaking though. If rainwater (or in your case, hose water) beads on the outside and runs off easily then it is fine.

If you still insist on doing it, mine took 3 x 600ml spray cans at £7.99 a can. Yours, being mostly windows I think, would probably take about the same or maybe 4 cans. It is not as easy as you might think though...the roof takes some getting at and I had to partially drop the flysheet to get at it. If you don't need to do it I wouldn't bother.


Personlynnie75
24/4/2014 at 8:12am
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Wee update. Went to halfords and on the advice of the fella in the shop got 2 one litre tins of fabsil. Well, that went nowhere the fabric just sucked it up didnt even get half of one side done. So have ordered a five litre tin hopefully that will be enough. I sealed the seams that were a bit leaky. Now there have been a few downpours since the weekend and the tent is no longer leaking. Im going to fabsil the rest just to be on the safe side though.

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