Help How to make a tent airtight?

[allym101]

I don't want to have to buy some $300 fancy airtight tent, I just want to know how to seal off a cheap basic one.

 

[wanderinglost]

paint the interior with silicone sealant or a thick gloss paint and leave somewhere warm and dry until totally dry?

 

[autumnal]

paint the interior with silicone sealant or a thick gloss paint and leave somewhere warm and dry until totally dry?

Or crawl in before the paint is dry, take some deep breaths and save yourself the expense of a suicide method

Note: This is a joke. Such fumes are not a suicide method.​

 

[FluffyDove]

I used duct tape when I attempted co poisoning

 

[wanderinglost]

I don't want to have to buy some $300 fancy airtight tent, I just want to know how to seal off a cheap basic one.

u could use elmers glue watered down a bit or a cheap pva glue undiluted, is this for a charcoal burner ctb?

 

[allym101]

u could use elmers glue watered down a bit or a cheap pva glue undiluted, is this for a charcoal burner ctb?

For the detergent method, I was going to use a car originally but it's too risky and I live right beside a forest so I figured a tent would be way better.

 

[InTheAirTonight]

I would stick to a car instead of a tent

 

[allym101]

I would stick to a car instead of a tent

Yeah? How come?

 

[InTheAirTonight]

Yeah? How come?

Tents inherently are not airtight and you would have to go through a lot of trouble to make them reliably airtight.

 

[allym101]

Tents inherently are not airtight and you would have to go through a lot of trouble to make them reliably airtight.

That's true but do you think duct tape would be good or no?

 

[InTheAirTonight]

That's true but do you think duct tape would be good or no?

I guess so if you cover every single inch and somehow seal the opening. But it would also get pretty dark in there.

 

[allym101]

I guess so if you cover every single inch and somehow seal the opening. But it would also get pretty dark in there.

Yeah, it might be a little tough when I really think about it. I'll probably stick with the car, thanks.

 

[autumnal]

Tents inherently are not airtight and you would have to go through a lot of trouble to make them reliably airtight.

This. Exactly this. You'd need to do so much sealing of practically every surface with either liquid solutions or tape that you'd essentially be building a new tent from scratch out of those mediums!

 

[WoodyOak]

How about a car inside a tent?

 

[allym101]

This. Exactly this. You'd need to do so much sealing of practically every surface with either liquid solutions or tape that you'd essentially be building a new tent from scratch out of those mediums!

Ah yeah you're completely right, thanks for the input guys! I'll stick with a car

 

[autumnal]

How about a car inside a tent?

The turducken of suicide methods!

 

[Iwouldratherdie]

Put a blanket on the top of the tent

 

[Rose57]

where can you buy an airtight tent for $300?

 

[InTheAirTonight]

where can you buy an airtight tent for $300?

No such thing exists. Tents are not airtight because the occupants inside would not be able to breathe

 

[wanderinglost]

For the detergent method, I was going to use a car originally but it's too risky and I live right beside a forest so I figured a tent would be way better.

elmers glue may be the way then

 

[JustLosingMyself]

They don't need to be fully airtight. If the walls are windproof and waterproof it should do. Tape up the vents and you're done. If in doubt, get a tarpaulin large enough to cover the entire tent and stuff the edges underneath the tent as much as possible.