GEAR AID Seam Grip SIL Silicone Sealant for Silnylon Tents and Tarps

Worked great, was easy to apply. Great product.

I used this to make repairs to an older, badly leaking, tent: a Nemo Losi 3P, about 8yrs old, I think. The interior seam taping had completely failed, it was peeling off along every seam of the rain fly. When the tent was sprayed with a garden hose, it was leaking badly along the full length of every seam - it seemed like it was raining inside.I set up the tent in a covered area and used a small brush to "paint" the Seam Grip on the exterior of all of the rain fly seams. This took a long time. I was as careful as I could be, but it still doesn't look quite "factory" or exactly professional looking. But what matters most, the tent no longer leaks! This was a fairly expensive tent when new, and it would have been a shame to discard it - but it lives again - thanks to a couple dollars and a little effort. The cost of the Seam Grip was money well spent.There were also some velcro straps which attach the rain fly to the tent poles. The velcro was originally glued to the inside of the rainly but the glue had deteriorated and the straps detached. I attemped to use Seam Grip to re-attach the straps but it just didn't hold. So from my perspective, the Seam Grip did a much better job waterproofing than it did "gripping". It might be best to have these straps attached for high wind conditions, but for most other situations they don't seem critical.

Easy to use, works well, and seals well. One of the best products I have used. I highly recommend this Gear Aid product.

Used on tent seams that were leaking. It seemed to work but wish it had a better applicator to help put it on seemed like i was putting too much in one location

Doesn't matter how many times you tell them. Knives don't belong near tents. Neither does fire, but that was a previous lesson. Don't play with your knife around the tent I told them...over and over and over again.Somehow while a scout was teaching another scout how throw his knife during free time (No, no one was hurt miraculously) it bounced up off the stump, did a mid-air turn much like a UFO or a certain "magic bullet" and flew towards the tent. Luckily it climbed in altitude and just skimmed over the rain fly. So they fearing the wrath of the leader getting on their case, didn't tell anyone as it just missed the tent.Well irony is not without a sense of humor it seems. That night while we were all sleeping the heavens opened and it rained. Then it rained harder and harder until morning. It just so happens the two scouts involved in the knife incident were sleeping right underneath the supposed "near miss". They woke up soaked. Through their lack on tying the rain fly out to the trees or stakes, the water would pool and run right into the surgical tear in the tent and rain fly.Lucky for them that was the only day it rained and they got all their stuff dried out. I was ready to right the tent off as a loss as many tents before it. Then a quick search on google turned up this product and an awesome video. I ordered it right away and two days later, thanks to my Prime account, I was ready to play. I used some packing tape to hold the cut together and slathered this on the other side about an 1/8" thick extending beyond each side of the tear by 1/4". I let it dry for 24 hours. Seemed to work nicely.Now for the other side. I removed the packing tape and then repeated the process on the tape side and let it dry for 24 hours. I used a little baby/talcum powder to put on the silicone fix to get rid of the tackiness before I folded up the rain fly. 3 weeks later we used the tent on a campout and it rained on us again. But the fix held well. No leaks in the tent this time.Great product that I'll use a lot now. The SILNET stays flexible and should hold up well to the scouts abuse.

Wow--this is amazing stuff. I bought it to seal my tent seams, which it did in short order.I had a little left over so I just kept it--who knows? This week my inflatable hot tub popped a leak, got a 1/4" gash right next to a seam, where a patch would not go.I tell you, I was struggling. Then I thought, this stuff stuck to my tent, maybe it will stick to my inflatable PVC pool. To my surprise, when I opened it up, it was still runny (every other silicone I've used has hardened up in short order after opening). I put it on the gash, and fortunately enough it filled right to the seam which was about 1 mm from the gash, plus up the side of the seam for a secure bond. Six hours later, and voila, problem solved.Silicone usually does not stick well to PVC. Whatever this is, it's something else. I'll definitely be using it to patch air mattresses or practically anything else. Amazing adhesion and flexibility.

I used this to reseal the seams on an older Tarptent Rainbow tent - Note I am referring to the silicone coated nylon model of the tent. This is a great tent that I have used on both the Appalachian trail and the Pacific Crest Trail. I diluted the silicone sealant to a 50/50 mix with mineral spirits before applying it with a foam brush. It applied smoothly and evenly along the seams. There are YouTube videos that will demonstrate how to mix and apply this type sealant. This tube provided more than enough sealant to reseal my tent. I am very happy with the results.

My girlfriend has a big canopy tent that's probably 20 years old that gets used for a week every year that started to leak in several places and I got her this stuff to try and salvage the canopy fabric. She resealed the stitching both sides of every seam and it absolutely worked. We got some heavy rain that week and it didn't leak a drop anywhere.I think she used 3 tubes on a 20 by 10 foot canopy top. Stuff really works, saved a $300 heavy duty canopy.