Seam Sealing Survival Guide: Face Your Fear Today

Seam Sealing Survival Guide: Face Your Fear Today.
Don't be scared of seam sealing your tent! Our Seam Sealing Survival Guide will help you face your fear and seal your tent like a pro. In this video I hopefully ease your anxiety and stress levels when you purchase a tent straight from the manufacturer and find out you have to seam seal it yourself.
Don't let this bother you, you've got this!
While I'm on this beautiful wild camp by the coast in equally beautiful weather I thought I may as well get it done. The forecast was fine throughout the evening and night so what better opportunity would I have to get it completed and dried out before packing away the following morning.
Armed to the teeth with such things as a washing machine liquid holder/bottle/thingy, some White Spirit, Hand gel alcohol and a brush I set to work making the OEX Bobcat 1 UL waterproof, which I'm sure it is anyway before I started but you never can be to sure.
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[@Phil.Oakley]

Like the Bob Ross of tent sealing there Ant... I've done 2 lanshans and a banshee(had ember damage from previous owner) I dont bother diluting it but always use the mcneils stuff. its really good for repairing tiny holes too in tents

[@AntSurviveTheNight]

Haha!! Could have gone with Tony Art Phil 😆 🤣. Oh nice one, it's not bad to do is it pal, especially this kind of weather. Yeah I've repaired holes too with it on my tarps. Thanks pal!

[@Mikhael1964]

Thanks for this video mate. I'm one of those who have avoided it seam sealing due to making a complete mess many years ago. So seeing your video has taught me how to do it correctly, and thus conquer my fear of having another go at it.Thanks mate 🙂👍

[@AntSurviveTheNight]

No worries Mik, yeah I can be daunting at first but a bit of time and a steady hand and your good matey. Thanks for watching

[@cathoutdoors523]

Hi Ant, Nice tent and lovely place. ❤👍

[@AntSurviveTheNight]

Thank you Kath, hope you and Malc are doing ok 👍

[@Conny79]

Good informative vid right there.

[@AntSurviveTheNight]

Thank you Leon mate, cya Saturday dude

[@smeghead7698]

👍

[@AntSurviveTheNight]

Cheers smeg 👍

[@Thedagda801]

Great vid! But my thinking is , if paying hard cash, I want it to work straight away no nonsense!

[@AntSurviveTheNight]

Thanks matey, yeah I think they would definitely stick another £50 on top of the original price then and they are trying their best to keep the cost down for us, can't blame them I reckon mate.

[@Thedagda801]

@@AntSurviveTheNight im saving for my Oppland!

[@Mikhael1964]

​@@AntSurviveTheNightYet mate I see some Sil Nylon tents that have been seam sealed ,and their tents are relatively cheap. On the other side,I seen £500 sil nylon tents with no seam seal ..They definitely not wanting to keep the cost down for us..At the end of day ,Tent manufacturers are a business, and businesses priority is making money. They run not for our benefit but for ££££..

[@AntSurviveTheNight]

Another very creditable and very, very reliable tent, I've had the fortune to try this tent out, loved it!

[@AntSurviveTheNight]

That's it but if they have to seam seal they the price would have to go up unfortunately for the reasons I've said, man power, renting/buying of warehouses to get this done 👍

[@leeroy5190]

You did a much neater job than I did!!!😂

[@AntSurviveTheNight]

Aww lol thanks Leeroy. Hope yours is good mate?

[@leeroy5190]

@AntSurviveTheNight I'll be out in mine as soon as the weather picks up a bit .Hopefully sooner rather than later 🤞

[@AntSurviveTheNight]

Fantastic mate, fingers crossed we get a good summer this year eh!

[@kennethwilson8633]

Nice job …How did the sealer hold up on the French Tent??? Have fun stay safe.

[@AntSurviveTheNight]

Hi Kenneth hope your well. Thanks pal. Yeah I've had it in some heavy rain and it's been fine touch wood lol. Thanks pal 👍

[@kennethwilson8633]

@@AntSurviveTheNight great I got a couple of them this year and need to seam seal them…they were un issued like new so fingers crossed I do it right.

[@AntSurviveTheNight]

@kennethwilson8633 yeah it was very easy with the Storm Seal I used, comes with the brush attached matey, nice and easy

[@littlegrandadoutdoors]

Well done mate!. Job well done..

[@AntSurviveTheNight]

Thanks buddy! Yeah all ready for the rain now man

[@marksadventures3889]

Eh up Ant mate. Was just working out what you were carrying to make the videos and fair play fella, that's some haul. I hope you weren't far from the car to carry all that. I am taken away with that spot though, fantastic. Looks a place at top of the county next the county of Cumbria. I could do with attending to a couple o' my tents. First thing I tend to do when i get tents is spray it to death with NikWax. Valuable information mate, new campers would be good to learn right off the bat. Cheers

[@AntSurviveTheNight]

Hi Mark, yeah I packed a lot but yeah very close to the car on these coasts which is a benefit considering haha. Yeah your heading in the right direction there Mark matey. Yeah good on you pal, looking after your gear and it will look after you. Thanks buddy!

[@tarmacdemon]

Hi Ant Years ago we used to carry a candle to wet proof our tents by rubbing it over the seams and Canvas . Now days I used a solution of white spirits and clear silicone .just make sure it's runny enough to soak in .

[@AntSurviveTheNight]

Haha fab idea, why not eh! I certainly went through that silicon so gonna have to get another tube I reckon

[@rufusduck71]

Hi ant so just caught up with this vid . So you decided to just use the seam sealer neat .and not diluted in the end . Did the consistency change as it dried in your pot before applying or was it the hand sanitizer reacting with the sealer do you think ? Also last question if using it neat .will there be enough in the tube for the whole tent . Cheers out in mine in 2 weeks .

[@AntSurviveTheNight]

Hi Rufus, yeah I used in neat after it started to clog with the white spirit. I wasn't risking it mate. Yes, thicker but a lot more straight forward putting it on, I never had to go back over it to get rid of the bumps. Definitely enough mate, I used about 3/4 tube but bare in mind I emptied the first lot out. Thanks matey 👍