Cehoffpauir
01-06-2004, 18:24
Yesterday I seam-sealed my bivy tent, with good enough results the first time I hosed it down today (just a few spots I already suspected). I then zipped the door and window completely open, struggling with the zippers (the sealer all over them, perhaps); then zipped them tightly closed, smoothly. I hosed the tent down again, and when I looked inside there was a considerable amount of water on the floor underneath the zippered flap w/ zippered window. I got inside and my wife hosed the tent, and I could see the water saturating the zippers and running down to the tent floor--literally spraying through them. So for a fact the zippers leak the most. Hence my question--do zippers need to be sealed? If so, how? One could sew little flaps all along the zippers to protect them, or is there an easier way?
Let me add I used Kenyon Seam Sealer 3, "for synthetic coated recreational fabrics..." My tent is coated nylon/tafetta (they're the same, are they?).
Thanks much.
Let me add I used Kenyon Seam Sealer 3, "for synthetic coated recreational fabrics..." My tent is coated nylon/tafetta (they're the same, are they?).
Thanks much.