My camperback has plastic windows in each of the side curtains. Where the window is sewn into the sunbrella material , there is a small lip of sunbrella on the inside and outside of the window material. When it rains, water runs down the window and pools in this lip until it finally soaks thru the sunbrella and drips into the cockpit.I put waterproofing on a small area of sunbrella and it dried with a sheen and tacky feel.....not acceptable to my first mate. Suggestions ????
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Camperback Question
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caw":sypuozoe said:My camperback has plastic windows in each of the side curtains. Where the window is sewn into the sunbrella material , there is a small lip of sunbrella on the inside and outside of the window material. When it rains, water runs down the window and pools in this lip until it finally soaks thru the sunbrella and drips into the cockpit.I put waterproofing on a small area of sunbrella and it dried with a sheen and tacky feel.....not acceptable to my first mate. Suggestions ????
We put small garments in that lip for the water to drain to the outside of the boat. Works great for us.
When the comedians are finished figuring out the solutions to the mink babies on C-Dory's problem I am sure they will be on this forum to discuss the wisdom of stuffing your small garments, (would that be like your undergrommets?) into your sunbrella. How often would you have to ring them out?
I haven't tried this, but you could try making a small hole on the outside part of the lip by heating a nail with a torch and then using it to melt a small hole near the bottom of the lip, allowing the water an escape route.
The melted edges of the hole would hold the threads together and prevent any expansion of the hole.
Hopefully, water on the inside lip would flow under the clear part of the window to the outer escape hole.
You might need a hole in each end of the window, and maybe one in the center.
If you like/prefer the wadded garments routine, however, and want you keep your shorts/powder dry, you might try a cotton rope instead, as it would work as a wick, laying in the lip, and wicking moisture away to the rest of the rope hanging loose at the ends of the lips.
Well, that's about all I can do to embellish this topic. Bet you're sorry you asked! :lol:
Joe. :teeth :thup
The melted edges of the hole would hold the threads together and prevent any expansion of the hole.
Hopefully, water on the inside lip would flow under the clear part of the window to the outer escape hole.
You might need a hole in each end of the window, and maybe one in the center.
If you like/prefer the wadded garments routine, however, and want you keep your shorts/powder dry, you might try a cotton rope instead, as it would work as a wick, laying in the lip, and wicking moisture away to the rest of the rope hanging loose at the ends of the lips.
Well, that's about all I can do to embellish this topic. Bet you're sorry you asked! :lol:
Joe. :teeth :thup
What "waterproofing" did you use on the Sunbrella? Glen Raven Mills only suggests 303 for fabric. Other materials have wax or silicones which can cause problems as you describe.
Joe's idea is probably the best--I have used a small soldering iron, which has a pointed tip, and this works for holes in Sunbrella. It sounds as if the way the vinly was sewn into the Sunbrella is part of the problem. We have lots of rain in our area, and have never had this problem. Our canvas worker has the stitching very close to the edge of the doubled over Sunbrella (less than 1/8"), and then a second layer of stitching. It may also be related to the holes in the vinly which from the needle. The vinly does not "heal", as the Sunbrella tends to do.
Joe's idea is probably the best--I have used a small soldering iron, which has a pointed tip, and this works for holes in Sunbrella. It sounds as if the way the vinly was sewn into the Sunbrella is part of the problem. We have lots of rain in our area, and have never had this problem. Our canvas worker has the stitching very close to the edge of the doubled over Sunbrella (less than 1/8"), and then a second layer of stitching. It may also be related to the holes in the vinly which from the needle. The vinly does not "heal", as the Sunbrella tends to do.