i am new to the site but i have read so far all looks good
i am going to reproof my conway trailer tent, i have read somewhere that thomsons waterproofer does a good job, does anyone have any experiance of this or what would your recommendations be many thanks for any help mick
We used Thomsons on our TT and have found it to be perfect! It is a fraction of the cost of Fabsil and it is easily applied. We bought a cheap pump action weedkiller spray to apply it with and have since then had some awful weather to check it with and all is water tight. Only comment I will make is to make sure that you give it a really good airing prior to sleeping in it as the smell is quite potent!!!!
We took a tin away with us to do our awning whilst it was partially erected as we don't have room to put it up at home.
The Fabsil stuff is good -- a few years ago I was on a step ladder reproofing my TT and tipped it over my head (The Fabsil that is). Hair is still waterproof despite 4 years of shampoo.
Welcome to the mad house, there is an even madder group over on the conway owners web, there has been a thread on ther also about using thomsons, that you might want to look at aswell. Have you thought of joining the owners club? we can answer all questions about conway's old and new. as someone has said use a mask and let the unit stand for a couple of days or it will stink, you might be able to put the awning up on its own without the main sleeper if the poles are seperate from the main, but it is best to ask someone who has the same unit. any way good luck.
Used it only last week - left the unit out to air for about 4 hours and the awning was in and out of the house for 3 days as it stank, anyway less than a week later we went away in it and although we could still smell it slightly by the time it had been up almost a full day from erection to sleeping we didnt really notice it and we all woke up the next day!!!! I did a sunncamp 250 (2.5 m awning) and it took me one and a half of the big tins but still a fraction of fabsil prices!
went searching for thompsons but neither my B&Q nor Focus had any and I couldn't even see where it might have been.
So bought 2.5L of fabsil and am hoping to do mine today - it's the first time I've put it up....so to speak since buying it and for a unit that's about 24 years old I'm mighty impressed!!
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Topic: reproofing a trailer tent
