Sunday, Aug 16, 2009 at 20:50
To be fair on CT makers.....ALL canvas will leak ( at least somewhere) until it has seasoned...
If it leaks AFTER it has been seasoned....then thats when you could call it inferior...
Gronk,
If you are going to take a camper trailer to a show then you would think that they would do their utmost to make it the best possible, like making sure things weren't loose, canvas is not going to leak etc etc.
How hard would it be for them to make sure that bolts are tight, hose clamps done up properly, or give the canvas a couple of wet downs?
If they cannot be bothered to do this for a show when possibly thousands of people will see it then I'm afraid they don't care for their product.
Why do you wet the canvas after a trip ??
Once it has seasoned and taken up all the gaps, it won't get any better than that !!! But if it makes you feel better ??
We wash it down after every trip due to the bird droppings that we find on the canvas. We spot clean but as you are using
water to wash it off we might as
well give it a little bath.
"Some manufacturers make an "inferior" product because people want to save money and there is a market for them....and people ( sometimes ) understand that is what you put up with to save that money...."
I understand there is a market but, it is for this reason that we are a society that just says...Lets buy a cheaper product and save money...instead of buying a much better quality product for a little more and getting quite a few years out of it, and only buying it once, not 3 times!!
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