Extensive Sidewall Delamination on Keystone Raptor
Here's a photo of my trailer, a 2006 Keystone Raptor, which I've owned since new and have lived in fulltime since early 2008:
Neat, huh? That's Keystone quality at work. I love the trailer, but hate the company. Keystone has NEVER in all the times I've written to them, responded about any of the issues I've had.
The other side was having delam issues too (minor) but an accident where I got side-swiped by something in a parking lot got the entire sidewall replaced... talk about a job! One giant 40' long piece of fiberglass. Best of all, it didn't come from Keystone; it came from Northwood RV in La Grande, Oregon. That side, four years later, is still shiny and hasn't yellowed at all. Vastly higher quality than the garbage Keystone produces.
That being said, I don't have the approx $13-15k right now to replace the sidewall, and the trailer is old enough now that an insurance claim would probably total it. I have no desire to sell it or get a newer trailer, because the same thing will happen again. Basically, all RVs are ****, so the best you can do is fix the problems as they occur.
Now that my rant is over, the question is this -- has anybody had success repairing delamination? I found one place that seemed pretty good:
https://www.delamrepair.com/rvmotorhomecamperdelaminationrepairkits.html
I wrote to them and they said their kits work best on "small sections of delamination" which I guess is okay, since those are all fairly small... mostly. I just can't do anything with it til Fall (in Arizona) as they said sidewall temps need to be below 80 deg or the epoxy will set too fast.
Anybody try that, or any other method? I need to do something soon before the entire wall comes off.
Thanks!
Rob
Neat, huh? That's Keystone quality at work. I love the trailer, but hate the company. Keystone has NEVER in all the times I've written to them, responded about any of the issues I've had.
The other side was having delam issues too (minor) but an accident where I got side-swiped by something in a parking lot got the entire sidewall replaced... talk about a job! One giant 40' long piece of fiberglass. Best of all, it didn't come from Keystone; it came from Northwood RV in La Grande, Oregon. That side, four years later, is still shiny and hasn't yellowed at all. Vastly higher quality than the garbage Keystone produces.
That being said, I don't have the approx $13-15k right now to replace the sidewall, and the trailer is old enough now that an insurance claim would probably total it. I have no desire to sell it or get a newer trailer, because the same thing will happen again. Basically, all RVs are ****, so the best you can do is fix the problems as they occur.
Now that my rant is over, the question is this -- has anybody had success repairing delamination? I found one place that seemed pretty good:
https://www.delamrepair.com/rvmotorhomecamperdelaminationrepairkits.html
I wrote to them and they said their kits work best on "small sections of delamination" which I guess is okay, since those are all fairly small... mostly. I just can't do anything with it til Fall (in Arizona) as they said sidewall temps need to be below 80 deg or the epoxy will set too fast.
Anybody try that, or any other method? I need to do something soon before the entire wall comes off.
Thanks!
Rob
