How to clean a tent after camping

When you have used your tent and spent a long time in nature, dust, dirt and other wastage is common affairs on your tent. Now your tent is required to be cleaned to keep safe and free from bad smell. If you let it be gone after some days you can’t stay at your home because of the irritating smell of the tent.

Of course, you know the necessity of cleaning a tent but how you can clean it. This is a great question for you. For this reason I am the helping hand for you. Here I am going to share with you how you can clean your tent. Follow these instructions. Get more information about How To Make Your Own Tent Poles.

Cleaning a tent is not such a tough task, rather it is very easy. You have to just gather some tools for cleaning the tent. Cleaning materials are water, soap, tent or gear cleaner, sponge or a cloth and a tube for normal dust.

Step first

First of all you have to clean the area that is dirty then keep this tent under water for wet. To clean the deep spot of the dirt clean our instruction.

Second step

Shock the tent into the water and rinse it properly and then dry it in the sun.

Tent Cleaning Step by Step

For deep dirty you should needs some cleaning materials those are:

• Tepid or cold water
• Fragrance free soap in dish size
• Outdoor gear and cloth designed cleaner
• Sponge or nonpassive cloth
• A large tube or a bathtub

Activities step by step

Firstly, you should take a cloth and then take a little amount of soap on the cloth or sponge after that mildly move the sponge on the extra dirty area. Continue it until it is dirt free.

Secondly, fill the bathtub or tube with cold or tepid water and then mix your tent cleaner with this water.

Thirdly, shake the tent properly and then alternate the side of the tent to wet by detergent water so that it becomes clean.

Fourthly, soake the tent for a little time. There will be a question in your mind for how long you should soak it. For this you should follow the instruction of the bottle of the cleaner.

Fifth fold, As you have soaked your tent it may make it dirty. So you should fill your bathtub again with clean water. Then rinse it properly, so that all the bubbles are removed.

Sixth fold, take it enough time in the sun to dry it.

Deep cleaning tent

If your tent already smells bad you should use an enzyme cleaner for example MiraZyme™. Follow the instruction of the bottle for cleaning the tent. Read the instructions attentively and then soak it according to the instruction.

If there is any spot on the tent tarp you should use mineral oil on it but you should be careful about the scrub because over scrubbing may tear the tent.

If the tent doesn’t run smoothly, you can use a toothbrush for scrubbing and clean any type of dirt as well as sand.

For nasty, gravel and solty poles you should take quelt and erase them.