Old Pass Thru Hatch Caulking Replacement??
On my 3 year old trailer, the caulking around all of the exterior access hatches appears to be aging and although there are no leaks yet, what is the best way to be ahead of the game and prevent futur...
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What you are seeing is the putty tape squeezing out at the edges. This is common and does not mean it's failing. While you can remove the door pretty easily, and put new tape in, it's not necessary.
Simply take a plastic scraper blade or maybe even an old credit card, and trim away the excess. Then do what Jayco does, or used to do, which is to run a small bead of polyurethane caulk over the top seam, and then down the sides for a couple of inches. The problem is that the upward facing trim legs catch water and eventually it often gets in, no matter how good the putty tape is.
Here is a video that shows what to use and how to do it. Proflex RV caulk. You'll have to ignore his bad language.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re19I08pvAQ
Simply take a plastic scraper blade or maybe even an old credit card, and trim away the excess. Then do what Jayco does, or used to do, which is to run a small bead of polyurethane caulk over the top seam, and then down the sides for a couple of inches. The problem is that the upward facing trim legs catch water and eventually it often gets in, no matter how good the putty tape is.
Here is a video that shows what to use and how to do it. Proflex RV caulk. You'll have to ignore his bad language.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re19I08pvAQ
