Help! Do I have time to seam seal my tarp?

I would thin it down good…I use silicon and adhesives for work(stone countertops) and to speed it along I will use a heat gun(blow drier). Just stay away from the material and pass it over like a fan, never concentrate the heat in one area….should do the trick but still take an hour atleast

on the otherhand if you are bringing a bivy and only going for 2-3 nights I wouldnt sweat it if you dont have the time

I will be in a Momentum bivy. I'll be gone 5 nights, but the rest of my party is staying on a houseboat. I can always sleep there. I just really want to take off a ways and try out my tarp.

with a bailout and the bivy….go get some rest and have fun on your trip

It it was me… I wouldn't try to do a rush job sealing.

I would go unsealed and see how bad it is since you have emergency shelter if needed. My experience in that past is that unsealed seams let water in, but it's often managable. I had a nice 2 day storm arrive the day after gg "the one" arrived. I was interested in how it would handle the wind, so I took it out to a nearby ridge (it did nicely). There wasn't time to seal it. I would estimate I ended up with 1/2 cup… maybe a bit more on water end up inside the bathtub floor after a full day of rain.

As to the problem of letting water into the seam… there is no danger of rotting or doing damage so long as you dry it out after you get home.

–mark

Don't rush the seam seal.

Most likely the internally taped true flat felled french seam we use will not leak for at least a few outings or if it does it will be very very minimal- no problem for a Momentum bivy.