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17/7/2019 at 10:44am
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You would be better off using seam sealant which comes in a tube like glue and you just brush it along the seams in the inside of the tent and allow it to dry before packing the tent away. It seals the stitching holes.
It is very unusual for a tent to leak directly through the material and you may have experienced condensation which can make it appear that a tent is leaking.
If it is genuinely leaking through the material then the inner polyurethane waterproofing layer must be perished and it's time for a new tent.
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30/7/2019 at 12:58pm
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I had an issue with my old Blacks Calder, some time back - woke up to hear dripping water over the bedroom unit.
First thing was to stack the contents up as waterproof as possible. I then found an emergency blanket (one of those crisp wrapper sheets given out to runners at events, which I threaded between leaky outer and bedroom roof, secured by clothes pegs. Used that for the rest of the week!
It was a bit rustly in the wind, but kept me dry.
Back home I obtained a trigger spray bottle of Nikwax Tent and Gear Solarproof. Loosely pitched tent under cover and followed instructions. Problem solved and new lease of life given to tent.
Another product worth a mention is Stormsure adhesive - absolutely brilliant for edge to edge repair of fabrics, seam sealing, puncture repairs in inflatable items, fixing soles back on shoes, wetsuit repairs etc. It has quite a long curing time so not suited to instant repairs. See the videos, follow the instructions, keep opened tubes in the freezer! Unless you have a single bigger job for it, buy multiples of the smaller tubes as it has a tendency to go off once opened.
Dean
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Topic: Leaky Tent
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