{"id":49615,"date":"2020-06-28T00:30:27","date_gmt":"2020-06-28T00:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laidbackcamping.com\/?p=49615"},"modified":"2023-10-13T12:40:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T19:40:50","slug":"fix-sticky-tent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeonroute.com\/fix-sticky-tent\/","title":{"rendered":"Why A Tent Gets Sticky and How To Fix It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Having a sticky tent or rain fly can be quite frustrating to set up. Whether you are working on your own or with help of a fellow camper, having to pull apart the panels because they are tacky and stuck together is a pain. This makes the whole process a lot more complicated and time consuming than it has to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A tent or rainfly becomes sticky because the polyurethane coating that was originally applied to the surface as waterproofing has broken down. The waterproofing of a tent can be fixed if you gently clean the tent to remove the “stickiness” then apply waterproofing to the outside.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n