![]() The after-factory coatings all leave the floor a bit sticky, which is really a pain and sometimes does more damage. Yeh can try re-coatin' the inside of the tent floor, but I've never found this satisfactory. IMO, this is best solved by usin' a light ground cloth inside da tent - no chance of water poolin' on the ground cloth, and it will protect your tent floor waterproofin' from further damage. So yeh have to be a good sort and keep your boots and stuff outside, and be gentle on the inside of your tent floor to protect da coating. As that wears, water can seep through, particularly water under pressure (like you'll get a wet spot under your pad, where your weight was pressin' down). The waterproof coating is applied to the inside of the tent floor, so over time it can be scuffed up by traffic, dirt in the tent, etc. What you don't want is any spot where water can pool over a seam.ĭa other area that often gets some leakage is tent floors. This should take care of most of your problem, eh? Even after that, though, you have to take some care in tent setup to get the fly tight and generally position the seams on the "down" side of poles on some tents. I strongly recommend SeamGrip over the other products. Older or "department store" tents require that you hand-seal the seams with "goop" to plug up all the holes. ![]() Newer higher-end tents have "factory taped seams", which you can recognize as a shiny plastic tape running along the seam on the bottom of the rain fly. In a good rain, you'll get quite a lot of drippage, eh? Those holes can let water drip in, seeping along the thread. In order to sew pieces together, you make a seam, and the needle makes little holes that the thread passes through. However, the nylon consists of several sheets that are sewn together. The nylon in a rain fly is treated with a waterproof coating. Yah, ScoutNut's right, eh? It would help to know your brand of tent, and a bit more about the conditions.įrom your description, though, here's my guess. I told them that if they could teach an adult, they could definitely teach other scouts! I think they got a kick out of that, a bunch of 11 and 12 year olds, teaching me stuff. The guys got done what they needed to do, I showed them how to do some cooking things, and they taught me how to use an axe and a hatchet. ![]() ![]() So what I'd like to know is, don't rain flies come with water proofing stuff on them already when you buy them most of the time? If so, how often do you need to re-do the water proofing (does it wear off?) And maybe more importantly, what works well for waterproofing, because obviously mine needs it.Īlthough it was a pretty wet morning we still had a good time. I guess I'm glad it didn't start raining in the middle of the night! There is one small hole in the fly in the plastic "window" but that wasn't the issue - water was dripping through the entire fly. By the time I took my tent down, water was just dripping straight through into the tent. And I discovered that my rain fly? It isn't water proof. (They needed a second adult for 2 deep leadership and I was free.) Well at about 6 this morning it started to rain. I may do a little more camping next year, now that my son is older and secure enough in his position in the troop that he doesn't see it as an intrusion.īut anyway, last night I went along on a one-night camp with some of our guys who needed to finish up some rank requirements before our CoH. And I've been very lucky in that every time I've done so, the weather has been nice. I don't camp that often with the troop - a couple times a year so far. OK I have what is probably a "newbie" question but I would appreciate your help when you're done smirking and shaking your heads.
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