Adhesive for attaching Filon to roof
Howdy all. I have been working over the past few months on repairing my pop up truck camper after the roof had an RUD (Rapid Unscheduled Dissassembly). I've been reading up on all my options for get...
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Yea, I have NO desire to lay fiberglass by hand. Been there, done that, don't wanna do it again.
I'll do some more looking into the silkaflex stuff. I still wonder on these 'caulk' type tubes... do I just buy a bunch of them and squeeze them out and spread with a trowel or what? Is it intended to be used on the ribs or for everything? I would have thought I would be looking for a pour-able product that I can spread with a brush or roller. The threads I found were using it on the ribs only.
I still haven't ruled out the Titebond product. I was reading a thread here on RV.net the other night and saw someone else using it too.
So my latest is that I went and visited another local RV shop. They have the Filon for $8.50 per linear foot off of an 8' wide roll. The stuff is flexible enough to easily do the front bend radius that I have. The last question is adhesive.
I talked to one of the head tech guys there and we talked about some other alternatives. One of the other approaches would be going with a 1/8" luan glued to the ribs and foam, screwed to the ribs with countersunk screws, and then a pvc or epdm roof applied on top of that. The 1/8" luan which I (didn't know it came that thin) is one of the parts I'm still nervous about. Cost wise, this approach would be more because I would have the cost of the first glue, filon, pvc glue, and pvc material which all add up to way more than my original plan.
I'll do some more looking into the silkaflex stuff. I still wonder on these 'caulk' type tubes... do I just buy a bunch of them and squeeze them out and spread with a trowel or what? Is it intended to be used on the ribs or for everything? I would have thought I would be looking for a pour-able product that I can spread with a brush or roller. The threads I found were using it on the ribs only.
I still haven't ruled out the Titebond product. I was reading a thread here on RV.net the other night and saw someone else using it too.
So my latest is that I went and visited another local RV shop. They have the Filon for $8.50 per linear foot off of an 8' wide roll. The stuff is flexible enough to easily do the front bend radius that I have. The last question is adhesive.
I talked to one of the head tech guys there and we talked about some other alternatives. One of the other approaches would be going with a 1/8" luan glued to the ribs and foam, screwed to the ribs with countersunk screws, and then a pvc or epdm roof applied on top of that. The 1/8" luan which I (didn't know it came that thin) is one of the parts I'm still nervous about. Cost wise, this approach would be more because I would have the cost of the first glue, filon, pvc glue, and pvc material which all add up to way more than my original plan.
