Seam Sealing-General Practice Instructions

[robaho]

Greetings to All:

I have just received my SO 6-man Tipi today and my priority is to seam seal while the fabric is still in virgin condition; however, currently there is close to 4' of snow on the ground in my homeland of the Upper Peninsula of MI and I'm hoping to use the tent in short order for some winter ski fly-in camping. When placing the tent order, I was told, ideally, seam sealing is done with the tent setup outside. This is not feasible for me and also I lack available headroom, floor space and anchorage ability indoors to erect the tipi inside. My question is, is it possible to seam seal indoors on a non-erected tipi using the Silnet seam sealer or is it better to have the tipi fabric setup and taut prior to application? If it is possible, what is the cure time of the Silnet? I.e. how long before I can rotate between seam joints at room temperature? Finally is Silnet sealer application just on the seam stitching or also under the seam overlap material?

Please advise. Thanks!

Rob Aho
Chassell, MI

[Dirtydan]

I wouldn't try seam sealing without the tipi set up. The tighter the pitch the better. I guess you could seal a single seam at a time but with a 3-4 hr cure time before moving, It'd take a LONG time. If your not looking at really wet snow I'd run it the way it came. Kevin did a couple how to vids on YouTube listed under SeekOutside. Don't worry about not getting to it on virgin material as over the life of the tent you'll probably have to seam seal it several times.

[ktimm]

You can seam seal inside but it takes longer . We do it inside , by hanging from a loop and stretching seams out taught with weight or Velcro on floor . Take a few seams at a time and it will work. That is why we offer seam sealing service ... if it's hard to get your tent pitched due to time of year . Being perfectly honest , we don't make anything on the service , just paying materials and a sub to do it when they have a chance

Short answer you can do it inside with a bit of space . In the winter I've never sealed a tent outside ... always in via some method


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