To Seam a tent and other questions

[Ridgewalker]

Hi Everyone, I recently purchased the EMS Moonshawdow solo tent and with it some seam sealer. This is the first tent I've owned and seaming a tent. The seamer is McNett's Seam Grip, the one that made Editor's choice of Backpacker Magazine in 2002. The kit as you might know has the goop and the brush to "paint it on". My question for anyone that has owned this kit, how is the procedure done?
My other question for everyone is....When I am driving to Maine over the Pistacquis River, (NH-ME boarder) is a mountain range on my left going into ME. What range is this?

 

[Rick]

When new tents had to be seam sealed or resealed , Seam Grip was my choice also.
In a well ventilated area (I have a well ventilated big basement) but have done it outside many times.
Set up the tent body and then set up the fly inside out. All seams are exposed. Depending on the size of your tent, start from the top and work down, to save your clothes from grip in case you need to lean into the tent to reach a seam. Let it dry for about 4-6 hours, overnight is better and then sprinkle talcum or baby powder on your hands and run them down the seams lightly. If you don't powder, the seam grip will remain tacky and when stored and later opened, could peel off some of the Polyurethane coating.

If you need to do a floor seam or the reinforcement patches at the poles or stake points in the tent body, wait for a nice sunny day and set up a taught pitch and outside and seale them the same way.

I now do all sealing on the inside (increases the Ebay resale value of the tent, eh??), but I have done a few on the outside - I have never noticed a performance issue either way.

Also, I just squeeze a dab on and brish it down the seam, hitting both stitches (assuming a lapfell stitch)