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hi just a quick question i have got a new tent and i have been told that i have got to weather it before going away in it so.

1. how is the best way to weather it

2. have i got to at all as it is brand new and never been outside as yet.

any advice would be grand .. 

Try looking here

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/tips/tentcare.asp

lots of tips about tent care including weathering.

Mike

It is worth making sure that the canvas is correctly positioned before weathering - particuarly the corners - as the canvas will shrink to fit the frame.

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Brainhertz (clique of 1)

mine is a polyester flysheet so i dont know if i have got to weather it or not but i might put it up the spray a fine shower  on to it so i know it dont leak and i can put it up properly but my garden ist big enought so will have to ask the parents so ican use there garden

I think that polyester flysheets are coated, and so shouldn't need weathering. It is always  a good idea to pitch and check a new tent over though, wouldn't you say?

The idea behind weathering cotton canvas is so that the threads can swell and so is essential to initial waterproofing, but I can't work out why you would need to do this on a synthetic, coated fabric.

If anyone else knows different, do comment.