Getting it wet is not the problem, folding it away wet is. I have a weekender, and I've seen it on other westy's too, You fold it away wet, and don't open it and dry it out, it rots badly, Don't know how long it takes, but the material just dissolves almost, if stuffed away wet and just left.
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Matthew Snook Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 7:40 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Poptop rainfly Should a Westy popup tent not get wet? Matt -----Original Message----- From: John Runberg Subject: Poptop rainfly After the drenching we got @ Everybus last year, and the fact we have a third member of the family now, I've been thinking about making a tent fly... |
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