Painting Inside of Travel Trailer Bumper
I did a quick search on this subject and did not find anything. I want to paint the inside of my new TT bumper, for two reasons; 1) Stop the rust, and 2) store the sewer hose inside it with causing...
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riven1950 wrote:
Kind of a newby here. I was concerned about this after reading about rust on inside of the tube. When I get home I hang the hoses up to dry really well, leaving the tube open to dry. Then take a wd40 blaster can and shoot it from both ends. Can't see it rusting through before the TT falls apart otherwise.
I would be wary about oily chemicals made from petroleum by products and what they can do to the PLASTIC (which IS ALSO made from petroleum products).
You REALLY don't want to see what happens when your stinky slinky decides to fail with a full black tank.. :E
The vinyl fence post is a popular mod which eliminates the rusting issue altogether. There is another plastic tube you could use also, 6" PVC could be used, nice thing about that is you can get threaded end plugs for a safe and secure method of keeping the slinky in place.. May need to drill a couple of drain holes..
I put mine into a small storage tub with lid then place the storage tub in my external tool box mounted to my modified heavy duty bumper.
