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southernsparky wrote: but my breathable cover will for example stop water going down the rear vents and rotting the panel out. :

Fool dint drill out the panel to stop the pooling..

...any road you should have a lake of waxoyl down in there

Haven't waxoyled it yet, that's my next job. Thanks for the reminder. Before mike fixed the roof, I did actually have a lake inside the van

southernsparky wrote:Haven't waxoyled it yet, that's my next job. Thanks for the reminder. Before mike fixed the roof, I did actually have a lake inside the van

mine had a hole under the vent, the van made it!
It let the water out, it was clearly getting worse as the van decided to keep making the hole bigger.

2 years on and MM's work is as good as new.

back to the wax for a sec, it also seals the seam cracks (from one direction at least)

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"Breathable" is a much abused term. For a fabric to be waterproof and breathable, a pressure/temperature differential has to exist across the fabric to "drive" the moisture through the micro-porous membrane or barrier i.e you are hot and sweaty inside your Gore-tex, it's cold outside, so the moisture migrates outward, aided by the water repellent treatment of the face fabric which prevents it getting saturated by the rain (and stops the whole breathable process in it's tracks)

A cold van wrapped up in a cold wet cloth bag will sweat and rust like any other. Better to have it clean and uncovered - where trapped dirt won't wreck the paintwork on corners and edges - and the wind will dry it out soon enough. Failing that, go out for a drive in the thing

It was raining inside my van tonight...

max and caddy wrote:It was raining inside my van tonight...

Close the skylight

thanks for all replies...

Job for Saturday weather permitting !

too cold for waxing

too cold for waxing

Think I'm going to move somewhere hot !