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I’m gonna show you how I waterproof maps I recently had a viewer comment and asked me how I waterproofed my maps and that viewer also suggested I make a video on the subject. So I thought that’s a great idea, so today I’m going to show you how I waterproof my maps not only that the technique that I use it certainly waterproof my maps, but it also makes the maps stronger and more care resistant, so stay tuned for that. So here is an older map that I have I’ve had it for a long time.

It has not been treated in any way. It’s been folded a lot and it’s showing a lot of wear and tear and the method I use to treat my maps is going to prevent that from happening before I show you the product that I use and the technique that I use I want to talk options, because you certainly have some options. These days, you can often find maps that are already waterproof, so that’s option number one go and buy a map. That’s already waterproof option. Number two is to seal your map up with some sort of a plastic, and that’s that’s commonly done as well and option.

Three is the method that I use I’m going to treat my map with a map sealant and make it nice and thoroughly waterproof. So here’s just a few examples of some maps that I own that are already waterproof. This one is map I’ve had for a long time. It’s printed on Tyvek Tyvek is very strong and very waterproof and makes makes a great map. These maps are newer. One is made by Chris Mar and one is made by gem Trek fairly reputable map makers. They are printed on high glossy paper, but they are very waterproof and very durable.

So if you choose to coat your maps in plastic, the most obvious way to do that is to have your Maps laminated. Most business supply stores will do that. For you, this is a map that I ordered online. It came in this nice convenient eight-and-a-half by 11 format. It’s a route that I want to do and it came pre laminated, which is kind of nice, except that it doesn’t fold very well. So that’s the downside of laminating your map. Another option you have is to use contact paper.

This is clear and sticky on one side, you can find this at most craft stores. It’s one way of laminating your map at home. It works quite well, except your maps are going to be a little bit heavier and they’re going to be still difficult to fold and another option you have to cover your maps with plastic is to use packing tape. Packing tape is clear and sticky on one side, it’s not ideal, because you’re gonna have to work to cover a map with this, but in a pinch, it’ll do alright.

So those are clearly options but to me they’re not ideal. The park that I like to use is this: this is called map seal by aqua seal. It’s a a map sealant that I use all the time. You can find this at REI in the United States, for about thirteen dollars or here in Canada, at Mountain Equipment co-op. For about eleven dollars, it comes in this 8 ounce bottle or 240 milliliters a bottle. This size will do about 8 maps. What I like about this is. It goes on easily it not only waterproof my maps but also strengthens them and keeps them from tearing map.

Seal works really really great, but there are a couple of other similar options. Nick wax makes a product called map, proof which is harder to find, but I understand it works very well, and some friends of mine have used Thompson’s WaterSeal. They recommend that the spray version works really really well to seal your map and make it waterproof. So this is how I treat my maps. The first step is going to be to roll that new unfolded and rolled map on a nice clean surface and hold it down with something heavy I live in Canada and coach hockey.

So I’ve got plenty of hockey pucks laying around the house yeah, that’s pretty good. What you’re gonna need next is, of course, your bottle of map seal, a small bowl and a foam brush I like to use a nice 3-inch wide brush nice wide brush. Take your maps he’ll, give it a really good shake according to the directions and pour a little bit of it into the bowl next you’re going to want to spread that around very very evenly and thinly on the map. Once you get a corner of the map, wet you’ll find that you don’t need the weight to hold it in place.

You can do this, however, you like I, tend to coat one side of the map or one now one half of the map working the brush in both directions: I’m trying to apply a very, even and very thin coat to the map when I’m done, one half of the map will switch and do the other side again North brush both directions, trying to get a nice even thin coating. You really want to apply this as thinly as possible on your map. This is gonna. Allow your map to dry more quickly and you’ll be able to cover more maps with it.

A nice thin coat also won’t soak through the paper and cause your map to stick to the counter there. That’s it simple as that. That’s one coat on one side. We’re going to let this dry a little while and then we’ll do another coat on this side before we flip them out and do two more coats so as per the instructions, I’m going to apply two coats to either side of this map and after each coat I’m gonna let that map dry there it’s been about an hour and the map is nice and dry, so I’m going to apply another coat to this side, and although this map is glistening, it is not very wet I’m, just applying a very, very thin coat.

I can’t stress this enough. You do not need to soak the map just apply a very, very thin coat. That’s all you need to treat them out there. That looks really good nice and complete that put my stuff away, rinse my brush and wait an hour when I come back. The map is nice and dry I’m, going to flip it over and again we’re going to treat this other side with two coats again about after an hour. The paper should be nice and dry and we can apply our final coat. I’ve run out of products and add a little bit more in my poll and then the final code.

When we’re done we’re going to recover any of the map seal, that’s left over in the bowl seal that tightly for another map sometime in the future, they’re after one more hour that map is nice and dry I’m going to flip it over. It looks perfect and finally, when you’re all done, you’re gonna want to let this map sit and cure for 72 hours before you use it all right guys. That’s it thanks a lot for watching I hope. You got something out of this video if you did and you enjoyed the video please hit like share and subscribe and certainly leave some comments below those things all helped.

A channel grow as always have a great day and I’ll see you in the next one.