Dry and comfortable in a sleeping bag, feels the first drops of rain hit the fly. Drift back to sleep. He woke up when the wind started strongly, and the sides of the tent, like a flag blowing in the wind shake. This is when you notice the wet floor. They feel the beat of the wall of the tent, and discovered a small tear. Flows through the cracks of a constant flow of water into the wall and collects on the floor. If the rain soon, you know, you're in aNight cleaning and ranking. If you dry your tent, you know, you have to do a repair.
To repair or not repair
Our discussion is limited to patch a tent, rather than repairing seams, hooks or frame. Any discussion of patch material must begin with a discussion on the substance itself, as it is not worth all the tissues. curtain fabric, if nylon, canvas or vinyl, is vulnerable to a variety of diseases that weaken the fabric to the point where a repairnot hold. If a field repair with a patch, the tension that the initial fracture occurs easily transferred to the tissue around the patch. If the surrounding tissue then tears you have wasted your time doing the repair. Before granting a tent with a patch test on the tissues around the crack to make sure it does not take breaks.
Surface preparation
If you find that your tent to keep tissue in good condition just a patch, the next stepPreparation of the surface patch. Both are woven nylon and canvas, and vinyl is sometimes reinforced with fibers, with tears often leave ragged, frayed edges. With scissors, cut the frayed area, if necessary, add the broth until all are gone edges frayed cut. They glue the patch in a clean way to clean up the damaged area with alcohol all the treatments and tissue fragments. Clean both sides of the fabric. If the vinyl tent, scratching the surface with the easy tearto increase the membership with the fine sandpaper.
Make the patch
The best material for a patch is the stuff that hits the curtain: the use of a canvas by canvas patch, a patch of nylon and nylon for a patch for vinyl chloride. the patch twice as long as the length of the crack Cut, and at least a couple inches on each side of crack. Cut the patch in an oval shape, because sharp edges tend to peel when the curtain is flexed. It 'important that the patch is sufficiently large. Patchdo not meet that are on the edge of the patch, because the material bends at a point where a large thickness (the patch) scores less thickness (the fabric). To avoid bankruptcy is to make sure the curb far enough from the damage that the load is sufficiently reduced.
Glue the patch
Glue is the best way to attach a patch, because if you glue the fabric to unravel and to phase out the repairs do not use. The best adhesive for patching is one that will adhere to the fabricreliable in all conditions (heat, cold, humidity, packaging, etc..) rubber cement is often touted for repairs tent, but avoid it, is not very well in extreme conditions responsible. Contact cement is doing well, but may be a bit 'stiff. The adhesive recommended by tent rental companies Barge Rubber Cement, called by the Quabaug Corporation. It may, Ace Hardware and hardware store to be purchased. Barge Rubber Cement is flexible in most conditions that tent is probablyMeetings, and for long periods of time.
Paint the glue on the back of the patch and the area surrounding the damage. Enter the solvent in the glue for a few seconds without flash, and press the patch onto the fabric. Make sure the edges of the patch are stuck together well. To make sure the patch is attached well, the supporting tissue of the patch down and hammer with a rubber hammer, or roll firmly with a rolling pin or roller veneer. For best results patch the damage on both sidestissue.
Allow the adhesive time before packing the tent for storage heal. While the repair, place some of your supplies to repair a plastic bag and pack with your tent, you never know how far from home, you will be the next time you need to patch a tear.
