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Subject:Re: canvas weather resistance?
From:Kim Brennan
Date:Fri, 19 Aug 2005 12:22:45 -0400

A few years ago I replace the OEM canvas on my Westy, with the 3 vent
acrylic canvas offered by our various vendors. Last summer I camped in
the Olympic National Forest. That's a rain forest for those who don't
know. It rained all night. It was a lovely night and I was snug and dry
on the inside.

I intentionally chose the acrylic canvas over cotton due to my living
in areas of high humidity and didn't want to worry about mold and
mildew.

On Aug 19, 2005, at 10:24 AM, The Bus Depot wrote:

>> I've found that in serious rain the poptop can leak a lot....
>> I might have some things not sealed well enough where the
>> canvas attaches, which would be why the water came in - not
>> sure about that.
>
>
> I would suspect that this is the reason. I have had my poptop up in
> torrential rain many times and the interior remained quite dry.
>
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