[pct-l] ants, not yellow jackets

[John Abela]

wow you had ants eat through the roof of your luno... now that is messed up!!

I am with Ron on this one... buy a tube of sealer and dabble dabble
away until you get all the little ant bites all filled in.

crazy!!!

On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Jim & Jane Moody <moodyjj at comcast.net> wrote:
> Thanks, John.  I didn't make it clear that the holes are in the "roof" of
> the tent, not the floor.  I wonder how much weight and trouble would be
> involved in bonding cuben fiber fabric to the top.
>
> Mango
>
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> From: "John Abela" <john at hikelighter.com>
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 6:46:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] ants, not yellow jackets
>
>
>
>> Subject: [pct-l] ants, not yellow jackets
>>
>> Or am I forced to replace the tent?  Any suggestions will be appreciated.
>>
>
> Hey Mango,
>
> You could pick up two or three years of 1.43 oz/sqyd Cuben Fiber
> fabric from zpacks ( http://www.zpacks.com/materials.shtml ) and bond
> it onto the bottom of your bathtub.
>
> This would seal up the holes and make the bathtub floor waaaaay stronger.
>
> You would probably not even need a groundsheet if you cover it all with 1.43
> cf.
>
> You could probably get away with the lighter 1.0 cf but I prefer
> bathtubs made from the 1.43 so you can abuse it all you want on just
> about any ground surface.
>
> Would probably cost you around $60 bucks or so for the material and bonding.
>
> -Abela
> HikeLighter.Com
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