Seam sealing your tent, the why and how.

I have been lucky to acquire a Nortent Vern 2, however the manufacturers state this needs seam sealing. Not a job I enjoy!

I set off to discover which tent materials need this doing and why. finally I share with you best techniques.


Nortent have an excellent explanation in their book of tents. They do use a cold needle and expanding thread technique, but reading between the lines it seems that a 20D outer due to its stretchier nature, compared to heavier yarns, requires seam sealing.

Some good links:
https://www.nortent.com/our-book-of-t...

https://www.nortent.com/thread-and-seam/

https://www.nortent.com/seamsealing/

https://www.msrgear.com/blog/tents-10....

https://3fulgear.com/2021/10/13/how-t...

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