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Good morning all,

I meant to ask this question a few days ago,

What is the best way and the best stuff to use to re waterproof my tent,

last time i did this i bought some spray.this just blew away in the breeze when try to spray it, And it didnt last long. (and it wasnt cheap).

Thank you

Simun

Quote: Originally posted by Mucker1884 on 15/1/2014

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I'm gonna take a stab in the dark here, and guess that I know even less than Bob... However, I agree with every word he's posted above. :-)

(Could it be we are both wrong?..... surely not!! )

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Until I bought my latest tent, an ex display model, I would simply have said you don't need to waterproof synthetic tents and doing so was just a waste of money.

However, when I erected it in the garden and it helpfully rained almost immediately, and continued raining for two days, I could see it was looking like a wet rag. Thinking I had bought a tent which was only fit for the rag bag I had to do some research.

Hopefully, by spraying with Fabsil I have managed to salvage it. I haven't managed to get away in it for a proper test yet but it looked ok when it rained again after spraying, and the rain beaded nicely.