just a quick question , but do they allow you to proof your tt while on site . im not talking about a c&cc but your normal farm type site . would be dead useful as ours is to big for the garden . if not where would suggest bearing in mind its meant to be up for 24 hrs after to dry out.
would thompsons kill the plants the same as fabsil ? for the moment lets presume that you cant treat your tent on a site . where on earth could you put up a tent the size of mine & leave it overnight to dry
hi bernie thats a thought were do you do it hope you can do it on a camp site other wise we will be stuck we live on a very small drive we do however have a big field at the back of us but lieaving it there 24 hour m i dont think so ?
i think that i heard somewhere that if you did it in the morning & put it away last thing before the night air got to it , you could put it up the next day ? not to sure about that though . wouldn't it go a bit sticky if its not dry & attach to the curtains bedding etc ? wasnt to bad with the other tt as next door said we could leave it there till it dried out . not to sure about this beast though ?
hi bernie nice to hear from you so the new one you have is a monster of a thing then i bet it is very nice one thou i carnt wait to take all the boys in the new tt think thay will love it and good luck with trying to find a place to proof it with kind regards sue and family
i do hope so bernie you wouldnt belive the bad luck we have had the last 10 days but now things are on the up i hope look forward to seeing you very soon bernie and just to let you no am going on the bahnam zoo meet will you be there by chance bernie ?
afraid not , ive got a scout camp near that time & it takes a bit of organising . have been toying about putting some faces to the names though . poss in the future as this seems to be one of the friendliest forums on the net
well all i can say is good luck on ya scout camp and i will look forward to seeing you when we come down for the tt ok and hopfully we can arrang a meet in the near futcher ok with thanks sue
I saw a chap doing his caravan awning on site a couple of years ago. He was painting it on with a brush, I commented on how dark it looked but he said it would dry the same color. He also said he does it every year on the same site.
Did the main part of my TT(sleeping compartments) with Fabsil last year...on the large grassed area behind my house...got a few minor spillages...and it left small burn marks on the grass!! So cant see site owners agreeing to you doing this job on their site(assuming you ask)unless you pitched on a hardstanding area....As for the question of leaving it to dry overnight....I started mid morning...finished by 1 pm..and left the unit up till 7-8pm...was completely dry...folded it away...and have had no probs since...should mention...the reproofing was done on a really warm day...and that would have had some bearing on the drying process.............
Jelboy.
PS:Please remember..if doing this job on site(and presumably sleeping in the unit over night) there are health and saftey issues with fumes from the spraying process to consider........
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hi all , just a quick follow up to the mud bath saga . ended up putting a power hose on the beast ( not to close or it would have damaged the canvas ) in my front garden . could not peg it out so when it dried .... boy does canvas shrink some when its wet . anyway when it had dried we packed it away & rang up my wifes uncle who has a sheep farm in hereford . no problem says he , so off we set a week later after removing beds , innertents etc . arrive at said farm to be told which field we could pitch her in . went to see field . wish i'd brought my crampons it was that steep . still he was doing us a favour so cant complain . so put up tent , while steping in sheep cr*p which were there the previous day & started to spray after masking all the windows . a lovely windy day it was to so got covered in fabsil however when i have a shower i now bead up great and am totaly waterproof . i dont know what type of ground they have in hereford but ive never seen a rock peg bend like that before . didnt bother to try the normal pegs after that . still at the end of the day i got it done (3, 5l tins of fabsil £ 90 ) so it shouldn't need to be done for a while , barring any more mud baths . thanks for all the help everybody .
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. ended up putting a power hose on the beast ( not to close or it would have damaged the canvas ) in my front garden . could not peg it out so when it dried .... boy does canvas shrink some when its wet 
. anyway when it had dried we packed it away & rang up my wifes uncle who has a sheep farm in hereford . no problem says he , so off we set a week later after removing beds , innertents etc . arrive at said farm to be told which field we could pitch her in . went to see field . wish i'd brought my crampons it was that steep . still he was doing us a favour so cant complain . so put up tent , while steping in sheep cr*p which were there the previous day & started to spray after masking all the windows . a lovely windy day it was to so got covered in fabsil however when i have a shower i now bead up great and am totaly waterproof . i dont know what type of ground they have in hereford but ive never seen a rock peg bend like that before . didnt bother to try the normal pegs after that 
