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skippy94
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Apr 05, 2014

Made the Mistake of Using Silcone Sealant on Roof Vent

Help! I made the BIG mistake of sealing our roof vent on our 94 pop up (Skippy) with silicone two years ago. I wish I would have read these boards then. Needless to say, it leaked. I have spent the pa...
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skippy94
Explorer
Apr 05, 2014
Old-Biscuit wrote:
NOTHING, even new silicone, will stick to an area where silicone has been used until ALL silicone residue has been removed with a silicone remover (solvent)

ACE, Home Depot, Lowes etc. carry silicone removers

Also......
Dicor Self-leveling Sealant would be better choice for roof seams/vents etc. then ProFlex.
ProFlex is great for vertical/sidewalls but the Self-Leveling works better on horizontal roof surface



Let me look into the Dicor. Thanks for the idea.

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