Leaking Escape Hatch Repaired
VIDEO: Leaking Escape Hatch Repaired.
I found my truck camper's escape hatch was leaking yesterday in the rain. This had just started that day as I had been in and out of the truck camper all week at job sites for lunch and breaks. Everything will fail at some point and this was it. Fortunately I was there to catch it and resolve the problem.
I removed the hatch cover sliding it sideways out from the hinge for full access to all the old sealant and began removing all the old stuff. You can see in the video some of it removes easily and other parts a little more effort required. The easy areas had water under them. Using a painters scraper, I worked my way all around the opening removing and cleaning old sealant away and around the screw heads. When I finished scraping, I cleaned the area with lacquer thinner, a fast drying solvent, to remove residue and prepare the surfaces for good adhesion of the self leveling DICOR I applied to reseal the escape hatch. I went out and checked the repair at midnight and all was dry inside, mission accomplished, I have a happy truck camper again...
I found my truck camper's escape hatch was leaking yesterday in the rain. This had just started that day as I had been in and out of the truck camper all week at job sites for lunch and breaks. Everything will fail at some point and this was it. Fortunately I was there to catch it and resolve the problem.
I removed the hatch cover sliding it sideways out from the hinge for full access to all the old sealant and began removing all the old stuff. You can see in the video some of it removes easily and other parts a little more effort required. The easy areas had water under them. Using a painters scraper, I worked my way all around the opening removing and cleaning old sealant away and around the screw heads. When I finished scraping, I cleaned the area with lacquer thinner, a fast drying solvent, to remove residue and prepare the surfaces for good adhesion of the self leveling DICOR I applied to reseal the escape hatch. I went out and checked the repair at midnight and all was dry inside, mission accomplished, I have a happy truck camper again...
