LVJJJ wrote:
LC, I feel your pain, but your's is much worse than mine.
The last 3 used TT's I've bought have all had water damage, each time I thought they didn't and believed the seller's claims. At 69 and after 25 years of RV'ing one would think I would have learned (dumb and dumber).
The 85 Wilderness (Oct. 2011) looked pristine inside and out, but 3 of the corners were sawdust and the bathroom floor gone. Bathroom floor on the 98 Wilderness (oct. 2014) had been replaced before I bought it. But the underside wasn't sealed at all. '04 Tahoe (Mar. 2015) had had entire floor replaced but still had front water damage.
Entire floor was rebuilt with 2x3 stringers from front to back and covered with 3/4 OSB (overkill but solid). But water poured out from underneath when I cut into fabric covering, insulation was soaked.
So, I've got a lot of wet RV repair experience.
To seal stains and odors, I used BIN, a shellac based primer that ServePro type businesses use to block smoke odors cause by fire damage.
Also used Clear Penetrating Epoxy Sealer (CPES) to seal and restore partially rotted studs and joists they use in boats so they don't have to rip out keels etc. Other CPES products will actually rebuild
the wood back to original.
Now working on odor. Trying Kanberra Tree Oil, vanilla candles and Febreez.
Thanks for the thread, was very informative for me, sorry you had to go thru this.
Yeah: you seem to have gotten the crappy end of the deal. At least when I sell mine, I'll know for sure it's in great shape.
