Help! Water under the skin, delamination and damage.
Hi Everyone!
So happy to be here in this forum! I just bought a truck camper after dreaming of one for 20 years, and I love it. Unfortunately, it turns out it has some major issues I wasn’t aware of when I bought it, so would be grateful for your wisdom while I try to piece together a creative solution!
My camper is an 05 Arctic Fox cabover camper. I noticed some drooping and delamination on the undercarriage that hangs over the truck cab, and then saw some water leaking out of it as well, so I figured (and worried) there was water in there. I took it to an RV guy to see if we could take the skin off, but he said it wasn’t worth it, that it was probably already too late and instructed me instead to cut a couple of small holes and cover them with little grates. Well, I started cutting into it today and confirmed my worst fear, all the cardboard is waterlogged, but at least I didn’t see any mold yet. Although I only opened up a 1 inch hole. Wondering if anyone has any experience with this? Should I stuff desiccant packets In maybe? Or is there anything else anyone could recommend? The first thing I did was re-caulk all the places on the nose where the water could get in, so Hopefully more water won’t come. I am just worried. Since I just bought the camper, I have no idea how long it’s been waterlogged like this ??.
Greatly appreciate your tips!
So happy to be here in this forum! I just bought a truck camper after dreaming of one for 20 years, and I love it. Unfortunately, it turns out it has some major issues I wasn’t aware of when I bought it, so would be grateful for your wisdom while I try to piece together a creative solution!
My camper is an 05 Arctic Fox cabover camper. I noticed some drooping and delamination on the undercarriage that hangs over the truck cab, and then saw some water leaking out of it as well, so I figured (and worried) there was water in there. I took it to an RV guy to see if we could take the skin off, but he said it wasn’t worth it, that it was probably already too late and instructed me instead to cut a couple of small holes and cover them with little grates. Well, I started cutting into it today and confirmed my worst fear, all the cardboard is waterlogged, but at least I didn’t see any mold yet. Although I only opened up a 1 inch hole. Wondering if anyone has any experience with this? Should I stuff desiccant packets In maybe? Or is there anything else anyone could recommend? The first thing I did was re-caulk all the places on the nose where the water could get in, so Hopefully more water won’t come. I am just worried. Since I just bought the camper, I have no idea how long it’s been waterlogged like this ??.
Greatly appreciate your tips!
