How to Clean your Camping Gear (properly!)
How to Clean your Camping Gear (properly!)
This is a video of How to Clean your Camping Gear properly. Your backpacking tent is one of the most important items you take away with you. You need your tent to protect you from the elements. Over time, without maintenance, your tent may start to fail. To avoid this, use these Nikwax products to clean and maintain your tent.
This will help avoid the fabric becoming brittle, rip, tear and lose it’s waterproof properties.
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Firstly wash your tent with Nikwax Solarwash. Spray it on, rub it in wish a sponge and then spray it off. For non-tent use, I would use a wet sponge to lightly wash it off instead of a hose. Repeat the process for Solarproof.
You can also use these products on your backpack bag and other hard to clean backpacking gear items.
I also use Nikwax products on my hiking gear too but I’ll create a separate video for that because there are some unique products that do a great job too.
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Thanks, Andy.
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Hey Andy just been checking out your back catalogue, would this be ok to use on my Soulo ?
Thanks bud
can this be used on hillerberg tents?
..cool video keep up the great content… Thank you…
How often do you need to clean your tent
what a waste of nikwax the tent looked clean))
What motorbike ya got , are ya going to this year’s TT ?
good idea my friend I think I’ll be purchasing some thanks good vid by the way good effort, happy trails
Brilliant video, Thanks mate.
Can you use this inside the tent? If so, how would you say is there best way to do it?
Good tip thanks. I’ve just bought this Pioneer 2 on the sale it’s my first wild camping tent 😍
I would love to clean my tent this way but unfortuantely my garden is fully paved and there’s no hose. Wasn’t an issue until I bought a £250 tent and got it filthy… Not really sure what to do! I let it dry both sides just flat on the ground, but couldn’t clean it too well
Many thanks Andy!
I don’t suppose you know what could be done with a Terra Nova tent that has the inner PU coating breaking down (very sticky), and the inner seals peeling off? Cost me a fortune, always look after it so well and only used it 3 times in the 6 years I have had it. Of course Terra Nova not interested and can’t replace the fly as it is discontinued.
I have seen advice on the internet about washing it, then re-coating the inside of the fly with tent aid fab sealant, then seam grip on the seals, but not feeling confident about doing that in case I ruin it.
A video on this would be great, as no videos on this at all.
Or any advice very welcome 🤞
That stuff makes a tent smell like someone puked in it.
what a waste of nikwax the tent looked clean))