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jayspi
Explorer
Feb 17, 2015

Replacing swollen wood on slide out bottom (outside)

Disclaimer: I'm a complete newb. This is my first RV. I have an issue that I want to try repairing myself, though. Here goes... Note: The pics are here. The problem I'm concerned with are the ones ...
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westend
Explorer
Feb 18, 2015
I would flash the edge of the OSB, scrape the loose stuff off the face and spray the exposed OSB with undercoating spray in a can. I'm guessing time of process to be around an hour.

If you need to dry out the slide, how about tenting it with plastic and putting a heater under there. If the heater doesn't have enough airflow, add a fan.

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