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Like many others I have a very solid but old folding camper - the only thing to show it's age is the very very faded canvas. As there are no holes etc and it is generally in good condition can anyone offer any advice as to any suitable ways to put some colour back into it's life?

used to be able to get graingers mesowax in colours for canvas ,never used the coloured one but used the clear one on caravan awning and an old frame tent. Its good stuff . may be available in colours still if you can contact who makes it

yes i did!!!! i got on to dylon, the makers of fabric dye and they sent me several large bottles of the fabric paint, which i used a sponge to put on, the hardest part is that to "fix" the dye you have to iron the canvas, when i say hardest it wasnt really it was just that i got so many funny remarks of the neigbours who thought id gone totally of my head when they saw me outside ironing the "tent", so in the end we took the panels off and i did it in the back garden on a paste table. we then got several tins of fabsil and sprayed this on untill i couldnt get anymore on, think it was about 5 layers, then left to dry, this was all replaced back on the frame and then gently soaked with the hosepipe to "weather" the canvas and we never had any problems, think the whole thing for the cardinal cost £120 if that. so definitely worth it against the cost of a new canvas. 

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