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Know what you are saying, those sprays are water repellant and make the water bead and run off but don't stop water being 'pushed' through the fabric. If I replace the floor then perhaps the new...

I have done that when putting the tent up beside the vehicle on a fishing trip for example, but I would like to fix the floor for alpine hunts as it is a very good tent.
If it is raining hard the...

Canvas is probably a lot easier to fix than nylon. I have used boiled linseed oil on a leaky army surplus jacket shell, linseed being what is used to make oil skin.
Will check out smiths city all...

So today I spoke with a technical expert from Sika NZ. He advised against diluting silicon or the Sikaflex polyurethane, apparently over time both could have detrimental effects on the rest of the...

I will do some tests with the Silicon brew and maybe the varnish first on some scraps. My sentiment is I don't care what it looks like as long as it is waterproof. The commercial waterproof dressings...

Thankyou all for the replies and ideas so far. I had already searched Google but didn't come up with anything worthwhile under my 'leaky tent floor fix' search but these silicon mixes look like the...

I Have an Arthur Ellis and Co tent with a leaky floor. It is an Alpine twin skinned job, very warm an worth maintaining. The floor is nylon impregnated with a plastic type sealant which has now...