[Ansteorra] ISO Information and/or Advice

[Robert G. Ferrell]

On 12/31/2013 6:42 PM, Texas Treasures wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> We are in search of information and/or advice.  We have a 14’x16’
> marquee canvas tent we bought new about 18 years ago.  We have used
> it a lot for camping and for two years we used as a storage building.
> The problem is the top, because of its age it has small pin holes all
> over.  We would like to find a way to seal it so we can stay dry at
> Gulf War.  We would like to try panting the top with a latex house
> paint because it should seal most of the holes.  Will this work?
> Will the paint run? Can it be applied thick? We were thinking of
> painting it a dark blue inside and out and then painting stars on the
> inside.  Will this work?  Or what should we do?  Any other ideas?

Latex paint will ruin any water-sealing treatment the canvas has. I can
attest to this first-hand. Make certain whatever you do to plug the
holes is followed by thorough water-sealing.

Cynric