How to seam seal your tent

February 2019

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February 2019

Turn the fly inside-out and use gloves to apply seam sealer
While we all love the gentle pitter-patter of rain on a tent roof, it’s a hard sound to enjoy if the tent isn’t watertight. Tent seams exist where two cuts of fabric are sewn together and can be vulnerable points in a tent’s design, allowing water through the tent’s fly. Most tent seams are factory […]
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