Eternabond Tape Quick Questions

In my experience it will stick to anything it touches. Clean any loose flaking paint off If you want a better seal clean surface before applying.
Bill

Eternabond is the stickiest stuff on the planet. I know from experience it'll work for 1 and 3 and would bet a bunch it'll work for your 2nd example.

OK Thanks. I will wade through this before I get started

https://www.eternabond.com/articles.asp?id=166

you will wqnt to remove as much of the dicor as possible and clean with a decent solvent/prep first...i use acetone...others will have their opinion on this

BFL13,

Eternabond will not stick to silicone or areas where silicone has been used.

Yes, you can overlap it.

Get a small 1.5 inch roller and PUSH like mad on the Eternabond when installing. The adhesive is pressure activated.

Be prepared to throw away the knife or blades you use for cutting or trimming. The Eternabond will stick to the items.

I would cover the 'seam' with dicor--not because EB needs to be sealed--but the "edges" will quickly collect dust and dirt leaving an impossible to clean black line.

I used eternabond on the side edges of my class C. I put it on 6 years ago and
nothing is coming loose. I pressure wash it yearly (the whole roof). It is stuck on dicor and aluminum edging. I rolled it on good with a can of corn or
beans or whatever you have in the kitchen. I did not do any sealing to the edges of the eternabond tape. The stuff is great!
Brian

When using Eternabond over top of something else, remember, it will be sticking to the TOP product and is dependent on the bond between that product and the layer or material below it.

...including any DIRT or debris that might be in your Dicor.

Be sure when applying to remove any air or voids...ALL of them. If you get a wrinkle, cut the Eternabond and overlap it.

There is Eternabond with and without a top layer that is UV protected. I'd use the stuff with the white top layer.

For wider seams, put the first layer to straddle the seam itself, then add a layer with an overlap on either edge. I think about 3/4"-1" worked for us to get a permanent bond without any lifting.

I added a layer like that on a MH on the LEADING edge (wind side) to keep it all good going down the road.

We cleaned the surfaces with cleaner and then acetone. We had aluminum and rubber roofing on that MH.

It really does take some time to do it "right" and get it squished into every nook and cranny, but then that is it. Done. Forever?

Good luck!

Thanks for the BTDT tips and suggestions. Once it stops raining and the roof dries, I can get to it!

. . . and another thing . . . don't stretch the tape as you apply it. Just lay it down.

If you have one of those tape rollers, great. Otherwise, you'll figure another way to press it down.

Another thing I thought of.

CUT the tape to length with the plastic anti-stick still on it first.

Peel off a little of the plastic and get it to stick about 2" in from the end to get the piece started (you'll come back later and get that end stuck later)

Peel the plastic off as you lay it down, just a little at a time and use your fingers to stick the tape and keep it straight- just in spots at first.

As you finish getting the whole thing in place and "tacked" with your fingers, you can go back now and get every bit of it stuck down well.

Be sure to push the tape INTO lips and edges. If it bridges a gap, it can fail. It should push into the gap, climb up the lip, then go over the top of the lip, NOT make a slope over the gap. Make sense?

Another way to say that is say you have two different thickness layers meeting. The tape should be completely flat against the bottom layer, pushed into the 90 degree corner, pushed flat against the vertical edge to the top of the upper part of the joint, then lay over 90 degrees on the top layer. Like a "Z" shape.

Given a choice, it is better to use multiple pieces and get them into place properly than to have one continuous piece that is hard to handle and get pushed into all the nooks and crannies.

If you get a spot you don't like that gets thin, doesn't go into all the voids, whatever, simply get it all pressed into place and go over it with another piece. It's designed to layer when needed.

Much of this info is what I recall from the Eternabond instructions when we did it.

Be patient! Do it correctly and you will be quite pleased with the results :)