Has anyone painted tarps or tents? If so, how does it last? Is there flaking, cracking? Does it damage the waterproofing effect of the tarp/tent?
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I painted a computer case in a camouflage pattern for my grandson. The paint does not flex very much, at least on plastic.
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It's an hard enamel finish. It's not very flexible at all. When I painted a rifle scope, I left the scope caps on and painted them too. The scope caps are one piece black rubber with rubber straps between the rubber lens covers. They looked good at first, but taking the caps on and off, flexed the rubber and the paint flaked off.. Now the caps look messy. But the rifle parts, scope and scope mount looks great. You might be able to use it on a tent, if you put on a VERY light coat. I would recommend finding a rubberized paint that will be more flexible.
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I used the Coleman tent sealer on this one right after I got it. The first time I pitched it was in the back yard and I sealed it then and left it up overnight to be sure the sealer dried before I packed it up. I will spray the seams with Kiwi Camp Dry once a year now. So far there has been no water in this tent. On the last camping trip we got 3 consecutive days with at least 2 hours of steady rain including some hard driving downpours and this tent did not leak a single drop on us.
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We have used ours in a few rain storms, and everything has remained dry. Because there is nothing on the ground, there does get to be some moisture from that - but the tent itself keeps out water very well.
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Yea Vlad, that happens with almost all tents that don't have a "all covering" rain fly. Something to consider, just use a regular ol' light weight tarp for situations that you might incur rain. Works perfect. I thought that adding spray on water proofing would work to resolve that issue, but has limited efficacy.
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Honda claims "Main tent material is high quality polyester with 1,200mm of waterproof protection". I have to go by what Honda tells me. Have a personally used one? No. I think if this was a huge issue there would be more then 1 review saying it was not waterproof. I have sold around 100 of these in he last 10 months and have not had one complaint
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So far we have not had a problem. I wouldn't think that putting a tarp over it would interfere, because it has an open weave around it. But on the other hand, it needs to stay moist.
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I used it in summer Arizona. Never had it rained on. It fell into pool and got wet. we dried it in the sun. Not plastic tarp. I think it's some kind of "cloth-like" nylon. Feels like canvas, but prob not as porous. I think it would hold water but eventually drip?? Love it for shade.
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I would use a tarp of something that will help protect the bottom of the tent from sharp sticks or stones from poking a hole in bottom. Also helps in keeping ground moisture from soaking in to bottom of tent fabric. Also keeps bottom of tent clean and free of dirt and whatever. Doesn't have to be an expensive tarp, one of those vinyl tarps that you buy at a hardware store will work
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I treated 1/2 of my tent, on the inside seams, with Aquaseal Seam Sealer. A bit more expensive, but I've had nothing but positive experiences with it in the past as opposed to other sealants. I set the tent up, sealed 1/2 of the seams and let it dry overnight. I put it up during 3 days of rain and none of the seams leaked, the sealed or not sealed. So, I'm not planning to seal the remaining seams unless something starts leaking.I did end up adding my own fly to one of the doors, since the bottom of the doors do pool and hold water, especially if they're not set up super tight.
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We got to test out it's waterproof ability this year, when it poured so hard that we made trenches to send the water away from the tent and site. Two torrential storms went through that brought a lot of rain and wind. The water had risen to 3 inches up the side of the tent, but did not get inside at all. One thing we do find is that there will be condensation which ends up underneath the inflatable pads under the sleeping bags. This comes from sweating overnight, not from rain getting inside. We just open it up during the day to let it air out. You're not going to want to do that in the rain so it'll be difficult to get rid of the condensation, which there will be more of if you go into the tent wet. You definitely want a layer under your sleeping bag especially if you are going to be in those conditions for that amount of time.
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Its just burlap like potatoes used to come in as far as I can tell its just been spray painted with camouflage patterns. I would say if it got wet and dry wet and dry there would be no problems. But if left wet or soaking it would rot. Hope this helps?
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It is painted but will probably start rusting quickly. I wouldn't leave it in the weather for long. At least put a tarp over it.
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I bought this product to protect the roof of my camper. I painted the roof of the camper to add protection against any leakages. It adds a "rubberized" protection. I painted it in the Fall of 2013, and then covered it with a canvas for the winter months. I am not sure it will prevent the sun's damaging effects.
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Hi Marylou-Absolutely; I have an outdoor patio shade that is constantly exposed to the weather and, after six plus months it looks perfectly fine. The use for an outdoor tent would certainly be far more benign on the material than my application.
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The tent comes with a rain cover that is really nice, I camped two days in rain and stayed dry. The cover extends past door far enough you can sit in tent with feet out and remove muddy boots . this is a great tent and easy to pack. You can have it out of bag and set up in 3 min easy. I didn't have a tarp but if it's available it can never hurt to have. I used a candle lantern with 9 hour candles hanging in tent for extra heat. (Avail from amazon) with all that being said, yes this tent will keep you dry.
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Hello, Thank you for your interest. Yes the mesh screening as as shown in the pictures. Sorry we do not have anything that is waterproof and we cannot recommend a sealant. You can try 3M Scotch Guard, but we cannot claim that it will make the material waterproof. We also do not advise that you use these tents in the rain or during heavy winds - this may cause damage to the frame. These tents are not designed to be permanent structures. Thank you, Formosa Covers
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Since my original comment, I had this on a 4 day camping trip in which this canopy was exposed to steady afternoon rain showers lasting between 2 and 3 hours in 3 of those days. On one of those days it was exposed to what I would call a torrential downpour for about 30 minutes. Never at any time did it spring a leak. I was actually expecting that it would during the torrential downpour but no matter how hard I looked for one it simply didn't happen.