So far after hosing the door off for 15 minutes, no water has come in by observing through a window. I'll check later to see if any drop hid themselves in the lower rolled seam. Also, rain is in the forcast for tomorrow, I'll see how it handles an actual storm. Previous to sealinng the door, water was on the floor but I had thought it had been from the hose on the actual zipper, with pressure forcing it. Not so as I seen from this last try.

said MikeUp1 2007.10.30 at 11:36:54 PDT

Had the tent in a moderate rain, and everything was dry that I seam sealed except the door seams. I guess the canvas zipper backer doesn't lock out water. I sealed the complete door. I sealed the seam that had mesh on it, very carefully with Seam Grips included small brush. I sealed both exterior seams on the door zipper, both sides of seam. I sealed both exterior seams on the inside door flap(exposes mesh window). The center seam is shared between the window flap and the door zipper, it also has mesh material on the seam. Now the door and the tent is completely seam sealed. I sealed only the exterior of the seams as that's all that's needed with this seam sealer and the type of seams that the tent uses. Using no less and no more Seam Grip than was required, I used a total 4 tubes on this 9' X 8' tent. That included the ground level polyethylene floor to black polester sidewall. That seam took about 2 hours to seal(all 4 sides). The black polyester side wall to tan polyester sidewall seam took 45 minutes (2 sides). Corners up to the first tent pole clamps took 45 minutes (all 4 sides). The complete door include horizontal seam connecting black polyester to tan polyester took 2 hours. Fly seams on opposite side of velcro hold downs and guide out was 15 minutes. Total time to seal the tent was 5.75 continous hours. Total cost of Seam Grip at $6/tube was $24.

said MikeUp1 2007.10.30 at 11:32:43 PDT

This tent seems to be the most watertight tent I've used yet. Before even sealing the seams, I took the hose to the tent for 10 - 15 minutes and none of the seams even leaked!! Since I was spraying with a pressurized hose, the zippers slots leaked a bit but under normal rain, this shouldn't be a problem. I sealed all seams except the window and door seams. The window and door seams a sewn into a canvas material, that the zipper is sewn into. Canvas when wet, swell, locking water out. Under Eureka's recommendations, I sealed with Seam Grip and didn't seal the door or windows. Sealing the window and door seams could lead to trouble with the mesh and the zippers getting glued to the polyester which in not a good thing. Just waiting for the first outting!

said MikeUp1 2007.10.10 at 10:24:14 PDT