Anyone familiar with RV Armor, Flex Armor Gaco or other liquid roof coating? I suffered some damage to my roof and am being told I need a whole new roof. It's only 4 years old but I understand a dealer service shop needs to cover their butts if they are going to guarantee a new repair installation. Is the liquid roof stuff a good option? It's almost half the cost of a new TPO or EDPM membrane. Any insight here?

I’m happy with Heng’s coating but have an intact rubber roof underneath.

Is it coming out your pocket or insurance, even if my own pocket I would full replacement on a 4 year old unit.

Out here in AZ we use a rubberized roof coating on our homes. Some people have been using this coating on their RVs with success. I've only used it on my home and am very pleased with the results. It paints on with a roller and drys quickly.

What type of damage? Most of the liquid coatings won't fix a big tear.

Ditto ^^^ how extensive and how bad is the damage? The membrane itself shouldn't be too bad after only 4 years. You can do a lot with recaulking, eterna bond tape and then a coating to make it all last a long time. Craig

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jdc1
Explorer II
Mar 29, 2020
Stay away from Dicor....
CarnationSailor
Nomad
Mar 29, 2020
New EPDM: $9000, 1 year warranty.

Rhino Coating: $6500, 10 year warranty.

I'm very happy with my Rhino coating job, and even happier that it was paid for by my auto insurance policy!
ken56
Explorer
Mar 29, 2020
Tangled with a tree branch and only small minor scraps and tears in the TPO, roof decking is still sound and no rot. So far the consensus is it's a good coating.
Veebyes
Explorer II
Mar 30, 2020
Got a bit of a rub on the corner of mine. No biggie. Taped it for good measure & plan on using the Heng's, 2 coats min, after a good prep job on the original surface which has been stored indoors for most of its 12 year life & had regular cleaning & maintenance product applied.
wrogers
Explorer
Mar 30, 2020
2naEagle wrote:
ken56 wrote:
Anyone familiar with RV Armor, Flex Armor Gaco or other liquid roof coating? I suffered some damage to my roof and am being told I need a whole new roof. It's only 4 years old but I understand a dealer service shop needs to cover their butts if they are going to guarantee a new repair installation. Is the liquid roof stuff a good option? It's almost half the cost of a new TPO or EDPM membrane. Any insight here?

This is what I put on my 5th wheel. IMHO nothing better.

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wrogers
Explorer
Mar 30, 2020
Oops. Tried to do a quote, but went without my comments.

I justy had the same spray on done to my 5th wheel & it is awesome. Very tough and durable, and eliminates the caulk maintenence around the seams and protrusions. It is a one piece seamless product once finished.
ItsyRV
Explorer
Mar 30, 2020
My only suggestion is before buying a product from a recommended manufacture, make sure it's appropriate for your type of roof. Some manufactures make multiple products under their roof coatings each designed for a particular type of roof. If you buy based on the brand name because it's labeled for RV roof repairs, you may be disappointed when it doesn't work properly on your roof material. Make sure you are matching product specs to roof material being repaired and not just cause a name was thrown around.
JIMNLIN
Explorer III
Mar 30, 2020
ken56 wrote:
Tangled with a tree branch and only small minor scraps and tears in the TPO, roof decking is still sound and no rot. So far the consensus is it's a good coating.

No one can make a proper long term fix recommendation without first seeing how much damage was done.
Some are making recommendations of what they did with no roof damage. They simply had a coating job done.

If I had a older unit and was repairing a torn roof then a quick patch job and then a quality coating may gain a few more years.

If the unit is newer and I was going to keep it for several more years I would replace the membrane.
fyrflie
Explorer III
Mar 30, 2020
I used liquid EPDM the first time and it lasted about 5 years. This last year I applied Tropicool. Made by Henry’s I think. Available at Home Depot.

I did repair a tree tear prior to the coating. No leaks.

My roof is 19 years old now so the next coating will be a new roof.
TurnThePage
Explorer
Mar 30, 2020
If it was mine, I would use Eternabond to repair those tears, then consider coating it with something. Four years doesn't seem that old to me. Maybe it's because I'm up north. I used Hengs on my then 14 year old rubber roof and am happy so far after 2 years. I repaired it several times over the years with Eternabond due to tree limbs. Worked perfectly.

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