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hello everybody great site

i've just bought a conway royal 1991 and i've been told by the last owner it dose not need to be reproofed and wonder if any body could help me out also would it be advisable to put a stabilizer on it.

so much information on this site it will take me ages to read 

Well, reproofing usually gets done every four to five years or so according to popular wisdom here. . Having said that, my second-hand TT is seventeen years old, has never been reproofed and is dry as a bone inside.

So either the previous owner goes by the same old-fashioned theory as my TT`s previous owner,...that is, good quality cotton canvas doesn`t necessarily need extra waterproofing...or they mean it`s been done recently. You should find out which it is though, because once you start treating the canvas, you need to keep doing it regularly.

appreciated