Repair and Oztent Rv3 Canvas rub hole

Hi Maz

I would not use any type of glues.

One product that I have used on a number of items is called " Tear Aid " type A

Ultra strong, flexible and will not pull off.

It is not a cheap Chinese made product, but made in the USA.

If you have a hole right through both sides of the floor, use it both sides and it will be 100% waterproof.




Cheers



Stephen

Hi Maz,

It can depend on how fussy you are with the look of the end result.

I had a string of 4 x rub holes in a row dead centre of the roof of our oztent. Each hole was about 6mm in diameter along a line about 100mm long. (the load shifted in our trailer and the tent rubbed on a motorbike footpeg)

The location of these holes couldnt have been worse because they are dead centre of the roof and even a single drip would land centre of the bed.

I looked at all sorts of solutions including a patch of original material that came with the tent but was worried that stitching in that location would open up a greater risk of ongoing leak problems than just sealing the 4 x holes.

In the end I got over how ugly it might look and decided to just deal each hole with a finger sized blob of white Sikaflex and work the edges of each blob into the canvas to seal them off. I had this tube already but if I was to do it again I would probably buy black Sikaflex.

I first did this from the outside and then after it dried I repeated the process from inside the tent and left it a week to dry properly before packing it away.

Since then we have been caught in rain events on our land in the Atherton Tablelands where we saw 350mm in 24 hours and although we had water come through into the tent through the vertical walls and seams at the corners, not a single drop has come through the patched holes in the roof.

It is not the prettiest repair job but if it is dry........who cares!!!

Hi Woody,
Thanks for your guidance I was also thinking of something similar for the tent with the silicone but I think your are right with the sika product.
I will also take a look at this tearaid product as it sounds good too

Thanks to both of you for your help. My daughter of off for a school camp in two weeks taking both our oztent for her and her mates. So I don’t want to be the cursed dad who supplied the leaking tent!

Thanks for your help

Maz,
Give Oztent a ring. They have (in my experience) really good after sales service. They will be able to give you the doe's and dont's.
When I rang them with another problem, they actually arranged to get my tent in and did the repairs themselves free of charge. (it was however a warranty issue not a user mishap).
Good luck, they are good products and worth repairing well.