tent drying??

[dylsmum1998]

hi how long do i have to dry my tent out before it gets ruined?
we camped last weekend and its rained everyday here so still havent managed to dry it out- dont want to ruin it tho

[hercules1]

I dont know. I drape it around the house, banisters etc if it is still raining when we come back. I figure you have as long as it takes mould to grow.

[dylsmum1998]

ok thanks- i'm in a flat so no banister to drap

[charmkin]

What do you do when it rains when you are camping?

[hercules1]

I'd lay it flat in a room then. I dont think you can afford to leave it now.

[PeachyWontLieToYou]

urs is going out today, it ealy needs to be asap

drape over a sofa, whack up heting and go out for the day

[dylsmum1998]

ok will lay it over the sofa when we are out- thanks everyone

[dylsmum1998]

charmkin we put on wellies and coats and go puddle jumping

[PeachyWontLieToYou]

good raincoats make god wet camping

we wander off, find a pub or cafe, mellow a bit....

[Dragonbutter]

you could put it up the living room while you're out.

[dylsmum1998]

unfortunately living room to small to put it up properly, flat is tiny- thats why we love camping so much- we get space! have ot draped over sofa- poor dd got all excited thinking we we camping again!

[dylsmum1998]

ok so have had tent draped everywhere all day while i'm out, its almost dry now, the tent itself is sound no probs, but there are some small patches of damp on the tent inner- is there a way of removing them?

[Dragonbutter]

not sure what you mean? like a mouldy patch?

[expatinscotland]

not long, dyls.

dry it indoors over a door/doors or a drying rack if you have to, but don't let it sit!

i promise you it will stink at best and be ruined at the worst.

[dylsmum1998]

it did stink, when i went out, it has dried now but has mouldy patches on it now

[Dragonbutter]

i'm thinking along the lines of a cream cleaner but i've been drinking so check with somebody sober.

[dylsmum1998]

Dragon butter- that does kinda make sense, think i will wait for someone else sober just to make sure first tho

[dylsmum1998]

ok say no one had any further ideas so i couldnt get cream cleaner so brought some cif spray, have used that it seemed to be shifting most of it while i scrubbed, have left it to dry overnight, will see how it is in morning- hopefully much better

[Dragonbutter]

sober now.
how has it turned out?

[dylsmum1998]

its better than it was, some parts have gone, the couple of larger patches are still there but faded

[dylsmum1998]

oh no thanks Sally, dont want that to happen. think the tents ok as that had no mouldy spots on it, just the inner. but will do that just in case

[dylsmum1998]

ah i see, thanks for letting me knwo that. sorry you had to learn the hard way!

how did i manage life before i found this site. people have always got advice to help here