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Weather proofing computer chair for a box stand

Posted on 11/11/24 at 8:51 am
Posted by RickAstley
Reno, Nevada
Member since May 2011
2123 posts
Posted on 11/11/24 at 8:51 am
I scored a computer chair off the side of the road that I want to stick in a box stand. I'm thinking of buying a grill cover to wrap around it for weather proofing. Anyone else done something similar or have better ideas? I don't want to crawl into the stand to find the chair is wet for example.
Posted by lowhound
Effie
Member since Aug 2014
8654 posts
Posted on 11/11/24 at 8:53 am to
Damn, how big are your box stand windows? I've never had problems with a wet chair in a box stand. It would have to be a blowing hurricane to get like that.
Posted by LSUballs
RayVegas LA
Member since Feb 2008
38978 posts
Posted on 11/11/24 at 9:15 am to
Put a roof on your box stand?
Posted by Bigfishchoupique
Member since Jul 2017
9123 posts
Posted on 11/11/24 at 9:17 am to
Bring a towel. Removing covers are noisy. Then you have to put it somewhere.
Posted by ApexHunterNetcode
Member since Aug 2023
595 posts
Posted on 11/11/24 at 9:30 am to
quote:

Bring a towel. Removing covers are noisy. Then you have to put it somewhere.


And creates the perfect shelter for a bunch of things to life under there.
Posted by bayouvette
Raceland
Member since Oct 2005
5288 posts
Posted on 11/11/24 at 9:35 am to
Seal the windows with sliding plexiglass
Posted by Cypressknee
Member since Jul 2017
1419 posts
Posted on 11/11/24 at 10:19 am to
You can spray it with a product such as Camp Dry. Like others said though, seems like your windows are too large though.
Posted by Clyde Tipton
Planet Earth
Member since Dec 2007
39767 posts
Posted on 11/11/24 at 10:33 am to
I usually wear bibs that are waterproof to hunt in mine after a recent rain. (My roof leaks a little)
Posted by 257WBY
Member since Feb 2014
6800 posts
Posted on 11/11/24 at 10:38 am to
Weather proof your box stand.
Posted by SCwTiger
armpit of 'merica
Member since Aug 2014
6598 posts
Posted on 11/11/24 at 10:58 am to
Contractor size jumbo trash bag
Posted by RickAstley
Reno, Nevada
Member since May 2011
2123 posts
Posted on 11/11/24 at 11:09 am to
It's an old wooden box stand with open windows and door. It does have a roof, but moisture gets in especially when it's windy. I'm not going to get around to fancying up the box stand before deer season with sealed windows and door, but the computer chair would definitely be an upgrade to what we currently have.
Posted by RickAstley
Reno, Nevada
Member since May 2011
2123 posts
Posted on 11/11/24 at 11:12 am to
My thought for the cover was to try and secure it tightly and leave the cover on permanently for the season. Might be a bad idea in itself, but basically I just want a waterproofed layer on the chair and not have to fiddle with it going in and out of the box for each hunt.
Posted by StrikeIndicator
inside the capital city loop.
Member since May 2019
842 posts
Posted on 11/11/24 at 12:20 pm to
Garbage bag then some cheap thin office seat cover then bungee chords. Grease everything before hauling out to stand… Just a thought
Posted by Keith13
Member since Apr 2024
264 posts
Posted on 11/11/24 at 1:03 pm to
I used industrial garbage bags. I put them on everytime I left and removed them when hunting.
Posted by Bigfishchoupique
Member since Jul 2017
9123 posts
Posted on 11/11/24 at 1:44 pm to
quote:

My thought for the cover was to try and secure it tightly and leave the cover on permanently for the season.


And sit on a wet cover? I think you are overthinking this. That cover won’t improve your hunt.

Go sit in your stand.
Posted by Out da box
Member since Feb 2018
605 posts
Posted on 11/11/24 at 4:31 pm to
Staple cheap vinyl over cloth
Posted by Hogbit
Benton, AR
Member since Aug 2019
3091 posts
Posted on 11/11/24 at 5:57 pm to
quote:

Removing covers are noisy.

Deer don't care.
Posted by DownSouthJukin
1x tRant Poster of the Millennium
Member since Jan 2014
29884 posts
Posted on 11/11/24 at 8:23 pm to
XXL yard trash bag is what I use.
Posted by Trevaylin
south texas
Member since Feb 2019
8656 posts
Posted on 11/11/24 at 8:29 pm to
pay attention to keeping your porn mags dry also


with a good chair cover, be careful about yellow jackets nesting under neath
Posted by akimoto
Thibodaux
Member since Jun 2010
604 posts
Posted on 11/11/24 at 9:12 pm to
Waterproofing fabric

Try doing something like this. Seems easier on a bed sheet/tarp, but you can probably figure out how to do it to a chair. I haven’t watched the video recently, but thought it was something I would try to make a large water proof tarp out of a big painters drop cloth.
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