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Subject:Re: [WetWesties] waterproofing (was RE: RAISED ROOF hard tops
From:Kim Brennan
Date:Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:47:07 -0400

On my Westy I have the acrylic 3 vent canvas. The only time I had
water leakage was water that went through the front vent and
accumulated in the seam enough to leak through the zipper....and even
then it only leaked AFTER the poptop was back down.

On Oct 13, 2006, at 8:37 AM, Malcolm Stebbins wrote:

> --- Joy Hecht <jhecht@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>
>> How do you keep water from seeping through the canvas or the
>> canvas seams in
>> strong rain and wind?   How have others dealt with that?
>
> With the 3 different pop-top Westies that I have owned (over 20
> years), I have NEVER had rain come
> in through the canvas or seams.  When wet, the canvas swells and
> becomes damp, but never any
> leakage.  M
>
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