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Roof tent

Post by Becky&stu » Sun Nov 15, 2015 11:02 am

Hi all,

After 6 months of Bongo ownership our lovely lady is going in for a respray, getting new back seats fitted and we are looking at putting on some alloys. One thing we were also considering was changing the roof tent as it has that musty mildew look currently.

Any suggestions as to where to source one?

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Re: Roof tent

Post by g8dhe » Sun Nov 15, 2015 11:22 am

We replaced ours from George at BongoSpares http://www.bongospares.co.uk/
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Post by Becky&stu » Sun Nov 15, 2015 11:31 am

Thanks Geoff
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Re: Roof tent

Post by nth » Mon Nov 16, 2015 5:36 pm

Try dettol mould & mildew remover, worked a treat for me.
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Post by mikeonb4c » Mon Nov 16, 2015 5:37 pm

nth wrote:Try dettol mould & mildew remover, worked a treat for me.
I agree- try restoring before replacing.
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Re: Roof tent

Post by Becky&stu » Tue Nov 17, 2015 10:20 pm

Thanks for the advice. Will give it a go first as it will save a lot of money. Think I was getting carried away with the respray!!!
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Post by elbee » Tue Nov 17, 2015 10:40 pm

nth wrote:Try dettol mould & mildew remover, worked a treat for me.
Yup me too worked a treat and 12 months on hasn't re-occurred :)
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Post by mikeonb4c » Tue Nov 17, 2015 11:08 pm

watch out for chlorine fumes when using Dettol Mould remover. Not good for you so either hold you breath and nip in and out and/or open zip on tent too get good ventilation. Wash down tenting with water after using the product to ensure you dilute/neutralise it once done as its a bleaching agent and will degrade tent material. Don't get too alarmed though. I used it on mine 8 years ago and its been fine thereafter. I ought to have another session as a little bit of mildew has come back. Overall though, putting silica gel bags in the roof over winter months (and re-drying them every few weeks) seems to have prevented recurrence. Clove oil is said to stop recurrence also.
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Re: Roof tent

Post by Becky&stu » Wed Nov 18, 2015 8:36 pm

Thanks. Once I get it back from the garage I will give it a go with cleaning products and then hopefully let it air out a bit.

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