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Sorry for the dim question, camping virgin here!

We are planning to go away in a couple of weeks for a few nights but do we need to pitch and spray our Khyam Montreal with a hose to waterproof it? I'm sure I've read on here you need to do this with new tents??

Thanks

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Thanks Rex, we did pitch it yesterday quickly but it was so windy we didn't really want to leave it up as it wasn't guyed down so took it straight down again!

Thanks for the advice,I wasn't sure what to do.

I always wondered this myself. I am a fairly amateur camper, and usually do what the shops say and with the two tents that I have bought from new I was told to buy a load of seam sealent and spray as well. Is this normal and why cant manufacturers do this when they make a tent? I treated our latest one with sealent before we went and it leaked on one side. On closer inspection the fabric is actually slightly different shade to the rest so I assume it came from a different bolt of cloth. We sealed it again and when it next rained, we had no problems at all. So forgive me for the dumb newbie question, but do we have to do the whole seam/spray sealent every time we go out or is it a seasonal thing or just after it rains each time?  
I had thought about investing in an expensive named make of tent (ours isnt anything currently to write home about it seems) but I wanted to see if we all liked going camping first.

Cheryl