First time owner. Seasoned road junkie.
Hey ya'll, my wife and I just bought a Class A RV for $2500 in the south bay from a private party. We got some standard questions for the most part and some showing off. First pix if I can fuggure o...
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I think you have an interesting project. I am going to offer some ideas on your repair. You don’t have to do this but I think it is how I would repair the bad areas. I can’t determine if what I am seeing is the sub structure or the ceiling in some of the pictures?
I would get some 1/8th in waterproof plywood and make “scab patches” for all the areas that you need to repair. Allow about 6” of overlap and try to make your joints where you can run some short screws into the under framing. I would cut and pre fit the plywood then when you are ready run a good bead of structural adhesive around the edges of your plywood to help give it strength and seal it. When you have the plywood fastened down cover the edges with Dicor tape then coat the top with Dicor self-leaving sealer. I found this video on You Tube I think it has possibilities to coat you entire roof to prevent leaks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6b_3sFzlpQ
This might work better than just the dicor. I would look at Eternabond tape for your seams as another posibilty.
http://www.eternabond.com/articles.asp?id=148
Link to Dicor products.
https://dicorproducts.com/resources/for-rv-owners.php
The most important thing is to clean really good and rough up the surfaces you will be bonding to. I would do my final cleaning with acetone or mineral spirits.
Bill
I would get some 1/8th in waterproof plywood and make “scab patches” for all the areas that you need to repair. Allow about 6” of overlap and try to make your joints where you can run some short screws into the under framing. I would cut and pre fit the plywood then when you are ready run a good bead of structural adhesive around the edges of your plywood to help give it strength and seal it. When you have the plywood fastened down cover the edges with Dicor tape then coat the top with Dicor self-leaving sealer. I found this video on You Tube I think it has possibilities to coat you entire roof to prevent leaks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6b_3sFzlpQ
This might work better than just the dicor. I would look at Eternabond tape for your seams as another posibilty.
http://www.eternabond.com/articles.asp?id=148
Link to Dicor products.
https://dicorproducts.com/resources/for-rv-owners.php
The most important thing is to clean really good and rough up the surfaces you will be bonding to. I would do my final cleaning with acetone or mineral spirits.
Bill
