How do you repair a tent?

[Deleted Member I]

Got home and took the tent out to dry .. noticed a small cut in the ground sheet of the inner tent

It's only small .. less then 1cm and it hasn't completely gone through. just cut the outside layer.

What's the best way to repair it?

I was just planning to stick a bit of duct tape over the patch. Will that do or is that a no no?

 

[Blackal]

Two options, Tom:

Have a look at the tent bag - it may be made of the same material as the tent? If so - there is quite often an extra flap of material included - to be used as a repair patch.

If not - I'm sure Blacks or Millets sell repair kits.

If you do use the tent bag - I'm not sure what glue is best suited, so you're probably best getting the cheap repair kit - even if only for the glue.

Al

 

[Wapping]

Blackal has it right.

Tape will do as a temporary fix. The little repair kits from Blacks etc will do the job properly.

If it's a very cheap tent, with a bottom made of that strange interwoven plastic (a bit like thin rafia) stuff, then gaffer tape will do or even a bicycle puncture repair patch.

 

[Barrmill Biker]

Hi Tom try sail repair tape I have used this in the past to repair tents
it's strong and water proof and very strong.

Also used it to repair my 3m kite and that takes a lot of
punishment so should be fine.

I keep a small roll of this with me any time I go
camping.

http://www.guildfordmarine.co.uk/ebuttonz/boatcare-tape/sailrepairtape/index.htm

Ian (BarrmillBiker)

 

[Deleted Member I]

THANK YOU!

 

[everywherevirtually]

I melted a hole in my North Face tent in 2003 and to stop the mozzies getting in patched up the hole with a compede foot plaster. The plaster is still there and doing a grand job 5 years on.

On my recent trip to the Alps I used a one man tent and one of the sleeves that hold the supporting rods ripped at the end which meant the rod forced it's way right through. the duct tape saved the day. Of course these are temporary measures and what everyone else says are more permanent solutions.

The sail repair tape is bomb proof stuff.

 

[Taff]

Got home and took the tent out to dry .. noticed a small cut in the ground sheet of the inner tent

I know this isn't much use to you now, but someone on here recommended putting a tarpaulin on the ground first, then putting your tent on that. Tarpaulins are cheap (Halfords do one) and if there are chippings / stones under your tent it's better to puncture the tarpaulin than your ground sheet. It's worked for me.

 

[Steve the Kiwi]

don't bother with the tape or patches, they can come off eventually... go to a decent outdoor shop and get "seamgrip" - it's a clear glue type stuff that is brillant for fixing hole in anything from a drysuit to a thermarest, tent, down sleeping bag. I had some fabric in my shop where I'd made a hole the size of 50p coin and backed it with duct tape(remove once dry) to let it cure etc and asked customers to try to push a whole through the stuff ye canne do it!
I always carry a wee tube when out and about. I used some on my 500 quid mtn tent when i forgot that i still had the ice axe on the pack when i threw it in the tent a 12 inch cut was backed with duct tape till the morning then i put a bead of seamgrip and let it dry while having breakie.... sorted
http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/mcnett_seam_grip_seam_sealer.html