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BurbMan
Apr 30, 2018Explorer II
The ugly duckling wrote:
Eternabond tape only! Proven performance a durability.
On the roof, yes.
I have used Flex Seal spray and also the Rustoluem Leak Seal spray on the bottom of the camper in some places. I just repaired another section of rotten floor, this time due to a leaky slide seal. It's common for the RV mfrs to wrap exposed framing in Darco, which is a waterproof woven fiberglas fabric, kind of like tarp material. The problem is if water gets behind the Darco, it gets trapped and rots the wood even faster.
I've found that spraying the exposed wood with a rubber coating is better because water can't get behind it like a covering and rot the wood out.
Here is a piece of wood under the slide corner:
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