Hi all, we had a wet pack-up yesterday and I was wondering how long the tent will be ok for until we start to have problems. We store the tent in the trailer at my parents' house so it will be tricky to unpack and put it up to dry until Saturday but if we are going to have a ruined tent then I will try and get over one evening.
It's a Vango Hayward 600XL so Polyester type - not canvas!
I suggest you dry it as soon as possible. Can you pitch it or at least open it out in a local park or garden for a couple of hours? Nylon/polyester will still get mildew stains and smell.
When we lived in a flat we had no option except to spread the damp tent over the settee in the living room for a few days.
I don’t think anyone could safely say how many days or months before mould started, there are too many variables. Tent material, how warm, how wet, how tightly packed…
Unpack it once you get home. Don't repack until dry.
If at all possible, open it out (Even partly opened out is better than nothing), be that flat out in the garden, over a washing line, in a heap on the garage/shed floor, or hanging from the bedroom chandelier (You'll have to do without the mirrored ceiling for a few nights!)
My preference is the vacant office next door to ours, but I appreciate not everyone has that luxury!
If you must, (assuming it's only partly opened out), keep moving it to expose other, wetter areas. Let the air get to it, be that indoors or out.
Even if it is out in the rain for a week/until the next available suitable weather to pitch it and fully dry it, that is preferable to it being packed in a bag, as whilst it's rolled up in there, there's no airflow to it... and that's where the problems begin.
Put it up on Saturday so it had been in the bag wet for 5 days.
Was a nice warm and windy day and we left it up for a few hours, appears to be fine but I don't think it would have liked being in the bag for much longer..
Returned home from a wet time in Norfolk. Pitched in the garden with temporary pegs as the sun was blazing hot and the moment it was up the thunder and stair rods started. It'll be a while before that is dry again.
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Topic: Wet Tent - how long before mold/mildew?
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