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Looking for tried and true methods of sticking a thermarest to a BA seedhouse floor and sticking my sleeping bag to the thermarest.
I read somewhere about mixing silicone and mehtyl hydrate to a thick consistency and painting it on both sides of the thermarest.What say ye back country hunters?RB
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yep you can paint a big X on it or a zzzzzzzzz pattern up and down it.
or you can get rolls of that rubbery mesh looking stuff and sew some velcro to it, make a sleeve for back and foot area and your bag will stay pretty well put.
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Put the thermarest inside your bag. Problem solved
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Looking for tried and true methods of sticking a thermarest to a BA seedhouse floor and sticking my sleeping bag to the thermarest.
I read somewhere about mixing silicone and mehtyl hydrate to a thick consistency and painting it on both sides of the thermarest.What say ye back country hunters?RB Six Moons Designs website recommends Mineral Spirits and Silicone caulk in a 50/50 mix. Same as the DIY seam sealer.
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I"ve done the mineral spirits pure silicone mix. Makes it real tacky, just do a pattern on it. Guess thats a plus of a bivy though.. slip the pad in, then the bag... Never thought of the pad inside the bag, though don't see why that wouldn't work either, just different.
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Thats always worked well for me. I even got a wide bag so it would be more room.
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I put my pad in my bivy, and it hasn't escaped yet.
This tip is pretty useless however, for those who don't use bivy's. Sorry.
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mineral spirits?
AKA paint thinner?
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Yep, paint thinner, but not laquer thinner or acetone or the like...
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So, why couldn't you just run your caulk gun in a S pattern down your thermarest and then flatten the bead out a little with a popcicle stick? Does this method make it to tacky?
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Seam sealer in some sort of x pattern. Add a little at first, then more as needed to desired effect.
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I think I jut remedied this by purchasing an Equinox ultralite bivy. More of a bag cover actually. Weighs 7ozs. I used it last weekend with my Big Agnes Insulated Air Core mummy pad and my TNF Cat's Meow bag. it worked good. It cost 65 bucks and has a 3/4 length zipper.
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