Thread: MSR Tents - seam re sealing

Older MSR tents have a bit of problem with the seam tape degrading and flaking off the fly and the tub. Made the floor very sticky - got mine when i lived in village of chch 2014 ish.

MSR agent told me to either wipe seam with isopropyl alcohol then reseal with gear shed sealant plus tenacious tape OR give them hundreds of $ and i could have a new fly - its a nxs hubba hubba one person.

So i gave the sealant a go after a lot of cleaning with the isopropyl alcohol- used two tubes on the fly and floor tub. Tricky cause light weight material just wants to stick to sticky. The stickiness was a problem made parts of the fly stick together. Hmmm I know a powder so of to M10 and got some talcum powder non scented of course didn’t want to smell like a floral arrangement out on the hill ! So covered all seams and my very sticky floor with talc and problem sorted.

Now for testing- put it up in the back yard (while it was raining to see if i could do this and keep rain out - yup!)
Left it there for forever or more precisely 2 months of a wet Auckland winter which will test most flys and rain coats and not a drop got in!

$50 bucks on goo n tape vrs $500 for a new fly warms the cockles of my tight arse ❤️

That's a bit poor, my fly was replaced, no questions asked.

I resealed mine

Interestingly, when brought my macpac Microlight, 10 or so years ago, in the package was a tube of silicone sealant that they said needed to be applied before the tent would be waterproof. I pitched the tent as instructed, applied the sealant to the seams and job done. No sticky after mess, and it's been fine, I haven't had to reapply it yet, but maybe that is because it only gets used for about 3 weeks of the year. I've got an even older Celeste tent that I decide to give the same treatment at at the same time, seeing as I had the tube out. We got court out in a serious down pour for 2 days in the Landsborough, both tents stood up well! There was no sealing tape on either tent so obviously the silicone was sufficient.