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10/10/2011 at 8:24pm
Location: Berkshire
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Looking to get a few weekends in before the end of December. The possibility of striking a wet tent is quite high from now onwards(unfortunately!) - I wonder if a fairly loose roll of tent, in a room with a quality dehumidifier would dry "properly" - the tent could be unrolled a certain amount, but not fully opened. This would be in a spare bedroom.
The dehumidifier is a quality unit.
Anyone else use a similar method? Any problems with my idea?
Thanks all.
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10/10/2011 at 8:46pm
Location: Hull East Yorkshire
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I would have thought this would be OK if you keep moving the tent about and unrolling different bits of it each morning and evening. We do this in our living room - put a sheet of plastic over the sofa, move the sofa to the middle of the room and leave the tent over it overnight and all day whilst we're at work.
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10/10/2011 at 8:51pm
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Yes, as far as I know some people dry their tent in a bath, turning it over frequently. I also dry mine in the livingroom, we have to move a bit of it if we want to sit down and watch the telly for a while!
I usually have a wet tent to dry out on every occasion, whatever the time of year.
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10/10/2011 at 11:08pm
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I have used the bath for a wet tent several times, then once the surface water has drained left it to dry in a spare room or hung it over the banister.
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10/10/2011 at 11:53pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Fuchsia on 10/10/2011
OMG. What must our homes look like to visitors 
Lol...I was just wondering how a muddy and dripping tent would affect my white leather sofa 
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11/10/2011 at 7:13am
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That's why I put the plastic sheeting over everything first.......
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11/10/2011 at 11:36am
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I hang mine over the bannister.
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11/10/2011 at 11:54am
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Ours get draped in the conservatory, though we have dried them out in the garage.
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