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 Topic: Outwell Montana Air Tent Leak
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03/6/2024 at 3:58pm
Location: London
Outfit: Lunar Cosmos 524
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Plenty of advice on the internet, but not sure some of it is best suited to permanent repair! Stuff like Gaffer/Duct Tape would provide a temporary repair well enough, but the adhesive does deteriorate over time, and then is a devil of a job to remove to effect subsequent repairs!
Think you really need to be looking towards 'patch' repairs akin to bicycle inner-tube repairs, rather than 'dabs' of glue! Stormsure Tuff Tape repair patches seem to be a favourite for all sorts of camping type repairs, I've used their 'glue' on waterskiing gear and it was brilliant. https://www.stormsure.com/tuff-tape Available from many camping and outdoor outlets.
The bladder needs to be perfectly clean, and something like isopropanol alcohol or methylated spirits should be used to ensure absolute degreasing of the puncture area (and allowed to totally dry) before the patch is applied. Keep fingers OFF adhesive side of patch! Ensure patch is well rubbed down as per instructions. As with many repairs, it'll likely outlive what it's repairing!
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11/6/2024 at 10:14am
Location: Wiltshire
Outfit: Outwell Montana 6P
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I'm not at all familiar with air tents but we are considering one for when our 2012 Montana 6P eventually needs replacing. On my journey of exploration I happened to stumbled across this page on Outwell's site which might be of some use:
https://www.outwell.com/en-gb/outwell-academy/tips-and-skills-how-to-guides-from-o........
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