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Subject Topic: Weathering a new tent Post Reply Post New Topic
28/3/2005 at 9:17pm
 Location: Lancashire
 Outfit: Vango Aspen 700
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Hi all

Just bought a Vango Aspen 700 - my first tent.  Suppliers (Camperland) provided a "what to do first" list - which said we need to weather the tent.  Any idea what this means?

Paul



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28/3/2005 at 9:46pm
 Location: South Bedfordshire
 Outfit: Olympic XP and HiGear Kalahari 8
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Pitch it, spray it with water, let it dry naturally.

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Is there alcohol in it?


28/3/2005 at 9:59pm
 Location: Sitting in front of me puter.
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I always thought weathering was for canvas tents? The only thing that might leak on a nylon tent is prolly the seams?

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28/3/2005 at 10:00pm
 Location: northants
 Outfit: diablo 900 and Monty 4(deceased)
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Hah - well ours certainly got 'weathered' this w/e!  Didn't know you were supposed to do that with the new tents.

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28/3/2005 at 10:03pm
 Location: Fife
 Outfit: 2004 Vango Col. 800DLX
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Just dont buy a Makro tent....

 



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28/3/2005 at 10:32pm
 Location: Redditch Worcs
 Outfit: LV 6 VW & fishin gear
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Hi Paul, only canvas/cotton needs to be 'weathered'.

Your tent is made from a synthetic material, it has a waterproof film on the inside and should have taped seams. Therefore it will not need weathering and should not leak.

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28/3/2005 at 11:24pm
 Location: stoke-on-trent duck
 Outfit: swift coastline clas
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  hi paul welcome to ukcs


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29/3/2005 at 2:34am
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Hi Paul.

When we bought our first tent we were told to weather it so we pitched it in the garden for a few days.  We were lucky in that we had enought rain for us to know it wasn't going to leak.

We're trying a new tent out in a couple of weeks time, and won't get the chance to check for leaks until on site (thought hopefully we won't have any rain).  Just going to arm myself with seam seal, fabsil - and a diddy emergency tent in case I've got the one that leaks like a seive.

Seriously a good tent is unlikely to leak.



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