Seam Sealing A Tent - Seek Outside Small To Medium Sized Silnylon Tents And Tipis

[@baharezo]

thanks for the video, exactly what i needed

[@seekoutsidegear]

Glad it helped

[@Maxwellhague]

If you accidentally make a mess, or get the silicone where you don't want as he mentioned towards the end of the video, Paint Thinner will clean up WET silicone. Once it dries you cannot get it off, but if it's still wet you can wipe it off with a small amount of paint thinner on a rag.

[@nwmod39]

I like to take a deep well socket to roll the seam sill tube to get the most product out of the tube.

[@limelight1105]

Thanks for the video! How long will it last if I seam seal it once? If the seam sealed tent exposed to the rain for a long time, it melts and disappears?

[@seekoutsidegear]

Hi, The seam sealing should last effectively a life time!

[@Foets1e]

Thanks for the video. Do you recommand sealing seak outside Seans on the inside or on the ouside of the tent, or both? I always thought that it should be done on the inside but it seems you do it on the outside.

[@seekoutsidegear]

We always seam seal the outside of the shelter at the shop.

[@pentecostkyle]

@@seekoutsidegear Weird. On my Silex I had them done at your shop and you sealed the inside, not outside.

[@ORflycaster]

@@seekoutsidegear Can I assume that's because it's easier/faster AND keeps the fumes per hour at a more manageable level?

[@AdaptorDieChannel]

My seam sealing job that I did looks like hot garbage compared to the solid work you guys do! LOL

[@anthonymeaney6618]

Mine too... I shoulda sprang for the factory sealing... what a PITA....

[@latorgator23]

How long does it take to dry before you can take it down and pack it away?

[@SlabbinNCabbin]

Is there a type of seam sealing tape that can be used instead of this glue? Do you know of any products capable?

[@seekoutsidegear]

Sadly sil nylon is extremely difficult to stick things to so the glue is the best option. we use tape on our DCF models

[@theboundaryparadox]

Hey guys. I got a tarp from you and got the seam seal but no brush. Where’s the best place to get this brush?

[@seekoutsidegear]

Harbor freight if you have one, I think there's some at REI as well.

[@howitzeroutdoors]

Any benefit to seam sealing the inside too?

[@seekoutsidegear]

Just the outside is needed, inside will provide no benefit

[@jeffozimek2178]

Do you seam seal the zipper entry ways? My tent had all seams sealed but the ones around both entrances.

[@seekoutsidegear]

We do not seam seal near the zipper as the zipper itself will absorb the minimal amount of water, we found this in our testing.

[@jeffozimek2178]

Thanks! It held up great in a week of heavy pnw rain. One question though, how do I fix small holes caused by embers? I'm bummed that I have two holes in the tent from this weekend, not sure how that happened but maybe I need to remove my chimney cap. Do I silicone the holes or is there a patch?

[@seekoutsidegear]

@@jeffozimek2178 A dab of seam sealer over the ember hole fixes it.

[@peterle8951]

​@@jeffozimek2178 tenacious tape

[@Kyleds8]

this is v funny