EPDM roof, Is it toast?
My friend brought his 98 Southwind up from Fla. this weekend and wants to fix it back up. Most of the white is gone from the roof but the rubber still looks good. No tears, no leaks caulking is great....
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housekj wrote:
Question, when putting on the dicor roof treatment it says to totally mask your motorhome before using the prep/primer. Is this necessary, as it took us 3 hours to put it all on and when we put the prep on it caused the adhesive to come loose on tape and then darn stuff all fell off anyway.
housekj,
The makers of that prep treatment, are attempting to protect the finish of the sides, front and back of your coach, when that step is taken, in the treatment. We too taped off the whole coach with painters visqueen, tape and all that. Yep, every bit of it came off while pressure washing the roof. So, in an emergency decision, while my son and I were on the roof pressure washing that prep stuff off, the wife was on the ground with a garden hose hosing down the sides, front and back, keeping the damage to the finish, at a bare minimum.
When it was all said and done, there really was no damage to the sides, front and back of the coach. I kept it pretty waxed anyways. So, the point is, if you try and tape everything off, you will at least give an effort to protecting your coach while the prep step is done. Will it stay? That remains to be seen.
Scott
