Thread: Seam sealing a bivvy

Has anyone seamed sealed a tent or bivvy?
My Hunt-tech Bivvy seam tape is peeling off other than that it's in perfect nick so I reckon it's worth trying to fix.
Can anyone recommend a good product

Mines doing the same ,be interesting to see if it is repairable.

Tried giving it a gentle iron? With baking paper or similar over top? Had a jacket that was doing it (cut them out and dedicated it non waterproof...) of course someone suggested this idea a few days after I got out the scissors

Originally Posted by 223nut

Tried giving it a gentle iron? With baking paper or similar over top? Had a jacket that was doing it (cut them out and dedicated it non waterproof...) of course someone suggested this idea a few days after I got out the scissors

Thanks for the tip but it's a bit late for that, most of it came off on my last trip

I’m going to try some seam seal glue on my tent fly where the tape is coming off.

niks wax perhaps

50/50 boiled linseed oil and white spirits. Paint onto/into seam. Hang to dry for 3 days, air for another two for the smell to go.

Traditional waterproofing.

I put my jacket in the drier at the Toby shoot last year, all the seams peeled off. I called Twin Needle and he was happy to do it. A full jacket was about $2-250. I'd say a bivy would be a lot less.

In saying that, under his advise he said just wear it and see if it leaks. It doesn't

@winaa Some (maybe all?) Macpac tents have to be seam sealed and they supply a tube of sealant with the tent.

https://www.macpac.co.nz/equipment/t...nt-accessories

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o39yCsDz_3g
Silicon and mineral spirits 50/50 for a paint able seal.

Seam tape otherwise. Can get heat andf apply stuff if needed. Id just paint the silicon on myself

My Huntec bivey started to leak a little on the last trip I used it so I have some seam sealer to try, the tape is still holding athe moment but I was getting a few drips coming in. My old great outdoors tent had the same problem the tape peeled off that's how it still is stuffed I would think. There must be a use by date before the tape starts coming off.

Yep like nick D said

google DIY seam sealer

Get 300 mils of mineral spirits and squirt in a cup full of your favourite RTV shake the shit out of it untill it turns to a liquid ( it takes a while ) and TA DA!!

Liquid seam sealer. Pitch tent or whatever it is nice and tight then apply to seams with a brush ( small brush looks tidier )

Originally Posted by Gibo

I put my jacket in the drier at the Toby shoot last year, all the seams peeled off. I called Twin Needle and he was happy to do it. A full jacket was about $2-250. I'd say a bivy would be a lot less.

In saying that, under his advise he said just wear it and see if it leaks. It doesn't

If he's the guy I chatted to at the show the other day, he's a GC

Thanks all
I'll have a go next weekend might just buy a tube of seam sealer

Originally Posted by winaa

Thanks all
I'll have a go next weekend might just buy a tube of seam sealer

I picked up a tube today from bivouac, comes with a screw on brush applicator