AnswerID: 7267 Submitted: Tuesday, Oct 08, 2002 at 00:00
ROWDY
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I used a product called Thomsons which I believe is used to waterproof cement products. It is added to the mixture of concrete. It seemed to work ok on my canvas ute canopy but it made it appear tranparent from the inside but it was approx half the price of the canvas product from the
camping shops but anything bought there is usually pretty pricey.
Years ago I remember my father using bees wax which he melted into the canvas the old irons that they used to sit on the old wood stoves. He heated them with a kero primus. It made the canvas a fair bit heavier and the bees wax had an odour of the wax in hot sunlight but there was no way it was going to leak in heavy rain and it lasted for about 5 years.
Rowdy
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Wednesday, Oct 09, 2002 at 00:00
Robyn posted:
Thanks Rowdy, Your dads method is probably the best ever, as most old ways of doing things sometimes are. I have priced a waterproofing paint (can be sprayed on ar painted on) is only $30 per 4 litres. Not to bad - if it works. We might just have to give it a burl.
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