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[joanie4c]

I'm thinking of adding no see-um bug netting to all the screens. Has anyone had experience with this? It seems I would need stick-on velcro to put on the camper itself. Then some sew-on velcro to sew onto the no see-um netting. We've had issues with no see-ums in southern Utah in the past and are soon to go there again. They get through the regular screens.

[Edgewood]

Might just be easier to replace the screen with no see-um netting?  Pulling out the old screen from the frame and new screen install is pretty easy.

[MarkBC]

I haven't done this, but I've experienced the need myself -- including in southern UT.    I've wished for finer mesh, too.  The regular mesh is only fine enough to stop flies and full-size/large mosquitoes.

 

Are you talking about [including] the screens in the soft-side/pop-up windows?

[strayDog]

Same thing happened to me in the Nevada desert. Easy solution that worked for me was to spray a tissue with a very small amount of RAID and very lightly wipe the screen, not really even every square inch.

  I was suprised how well it worked!

[joanie4c]

Thanks for the RAID idea. We'll likely use that or something similar if I don't get this project finished. For now I'm thinking I may replace the screen door screens with the no see-um netting unless I am just add it. For the four big pop-up windows I think I can use sew-on Velcro. For the slider window, wheel well sliders, and overhead fan I will need to use the combo stick-on and sew-on. I seem so overwhelmed right now I'm not sure how much I will get done. I guess I'll just start with one kind, maybe the four sew-on windows. But with that I wonder if I should just make them to fit right over the existing screens or go all the way up & down to the artic Velcro.

[MarkBC]

...Easy solution that worked for me was to spray a tissue with a very small amount of RAID and very lightly wipe the screen, not really even every square inch...

 

This sounds like a good idea.  Do you mean "Raid Flying Insect Killer", specifically?

 

There was a large tear in the screen in my roof vent, and in very-mosquito-y ID & MT last June the mosquies found the gap and were pouring in.  I sprayed the screen with mosquito repellent and that helped discourage them from the hole.

DEET (in many mosquito repellents) is a great solvent/plasticizer for many plastics, but OK on the metal vent screen.

[The Next Adventures]

I replaced my door and framed window screen with no seeum screens. It was very easy. I used a hot glue gun to attach the no seeum screen to the roof vent which has worked very well. I tried this method on the windows in the tent area and it did not work out.

[strayDog]

Yes sir, Raid Flying Insect Killer", did the trick! Very light application.Thanks for the heads up on Deet.

[CSG]

I have a pop up roof on my PW Traverse van and have dealt with issue too (screens are too big a mesh).  I have some no see um netting that I used to make screens to fit over the front driver and passenger window.  I've wondered how I can attach this screening over the existing screens in the pop top without trying to sew it on.  I was told about a product called Tear Mender which is said to be a strong and flexible fabric glue.  I ordered a small bottle and intend to give it a try this week.

 

http://www.amazon.co...rmender,aps,349

Edited by CSG, 05 March 2015 - 05:26 AM.

[Squatch]

Timely topic. We hope to be joining the camper owner ranks real soon. Last year on a tent trip to the Outer Banks we got eaten alive by No-see-ums. It was a new experience for us and not pleasant. I had been wondering about the screens in these campers as we hope to have ours before this years trip to the same place.

 

We bought a couple of king sized mosquito nets a while back for our house. This was to keep the invasive stink bugs out of the beds(new problem here in the mid atlantic). I have thought about rigging one of these from the ceiling of the camper. maybe the 4 poster style. And just living under that in the camper if they get bad again.