British Bivvy bag - cigarette burn

[Buster80]

Hi

Purchased a bivvy off the Bay, seller claims mint condition apart from a cigarette burn on the upper portion of the bag.

Did a search but couldn't find a result,seller claims burn isn't all way through but I have a rough idea of how to patch this,anyone fixed a issue like this and could provide specifics??

Do these bivvy need reproofing??

Picked it up for £20 so I'm hoping for a bargain.

Cheers all

buster

 

[Mesquite]

Just use a goretex patch on the affected area and you'll be fine.

 

[Dogoak]

McNett do a G/tex repair tape.

 

[Buster80]

Hi

Amazon do that tape I'll pick some up.

Will I need to reproof the whole bag as Well??

Cheers

Buster

 

[Mesquite]

Will I need to reproof the whole bag as Well??

Not unless it leaks all over.

Just put a bowl inside it and then fill the bag so it sinks partially into the bowl. If water seeps in the you need to reproof, if it doesn't then you're fine.

You only need to really worry about the proofing if you intend to use it without any other shelter. If you're planning to use a tarp as well then it's not as important.

 

[bilmo-p5]

McNett do a G/tex repair tape.

Failing that, McNett Tenacious tape will stick. I've used it to repair a hole in an army bivybag.

 

[Buster80]

I'm struggling to imagine that bowl idea! Any help??

 

[Mesquite]

I'm struggling to imagine that bowl idea! Any help??

Put the bowl or a bucket inside the bag.

Stretch the bag over the bowl like a saggy drum skin.

Put water in and wait

If you find water in the bowl or the inside of the bag is wet it needs proofing.

You can always just get in it and have someone spray a water hose on you. If you get wet, again reproff

 

[Philster]

So you mean put the water on the outside, right? not inside in the bowl?

 

[Tonyuk]

These bags work on having a mvp membrane (gore-tex like) if it leaks the membrane itself is damaged and re-proofing it will only help a bit.

Tonyuk

 

[Dogoak]

GoreTex needs to be kept clean so it allows the 'pores' to breath. If it's dirty the water permeates through the dirt and therefore the membrane and you have wet inside.
Having spent a very wet night due this issue many moons ago and realising the problem, I can assure you that you want the bag functioning correctly if you are not using a tarp.
It's never going to hurt to give it a wash, use Niwax Tech wash or pure soap and make sure it's very well rinsed, then apply a DWR such as Niwax direct spray or another suitable product.

 

[petrochemicals]

A tube of contact adhesive does the top and base of most things, given theyre not too big and allowed to dry, as for actually bridging holes a piece of waterproof ripstop with contact adhesive, failing that a bit of paper ?

 

[Buster80]

Thanks all,loads of stuff to try.

Buster

 

[ph5172]

I had a cigarette burn in mine and i just put a bit of fabric / UHU (i think) glue (from £ land, yellow box) on a small square of black tape stuck it on the inside and sandwiched it between 2 bricks overnight - never had an issue

 

[philipb]

it is well know that any British Army kit can be fixed with black nasty http://www.survivalaids.com/black-nasty-duct-tape :AR15firin

 

[Buster80]

Ooh a cheap fix, I like it. The hole is only tiny so I guess if the fix don't work it's not the end of the world.

Cheers

Buster

 

[philipb]

Ooh a cheap fix, I like it. The hole is only tiny so I guess if the fix don't work it's not the end of the world.

Cheers

Buster

if the hole is on the top side and above the waist it wont make much difference as this area is normally covered by your tarp. A bit of tape will stop it ripping futher
if is on a part of the bivvy you lie on then you may want to be more careful about making it waterproof

 

[philipb]

this may be worth a try http://www.ddhammocks.com/product/repair_tape?from_cat=41