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Re: Old Tents
James F. Van Hecke Jr. (jvanhecke@LANL.GOV)
Wed, 30 Oct 1996 10:40:44 -0700
Pardner, after 20 years, I think you deserve a new tent. Go
for it! :-)
At 01:03 PM 10/30/96 EST, you wrote:
>Hi All
>
>Regarding the discussions on tents, I have a diffrent
>question which has no easy answer.
>
>I have an old timberline (about 20 years old) which
>has no waterproofing value left in it.
>
>After a camping trip, it was put in the bag wet and
>about a month later, it came out full of mold.
>(This is very bad for a tent.)
>
>Simple solution was to wash it in water and some sort of
>detergent. (Bad Idea)
>
>Trying to coat it with Recoat 2 left it a sticky- gummy
>mess. The Recoat 2 was removed and now it is natural
>nylon (No waterproofing). The whole tent is like the
>part under the fly, water goes through.
>
>Anybody out there know how to repair this?
>Has anybody fixed these sort of problems?
>
>Kenyon said New Tent Time. Others refer to them and
>I haven't received a fix that works.
>
>Thanks for any help.
>
>YIS
>Chester Bankowski
>SA Troop 62
>Monroe, CT
>
>
Jim Van Hecke I used to be an Owl
Camping Chairman, Great Southwest Council, Albuquerque, NM
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