Patch small hole in aluminum siding
Howdy again, I noticed I have a small hole in the aluminum siding where there was a slight impact. I don't know if I caused it or if it was there when we bought the camper a year ago. I'd like to s...
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ticki2 wrote:
Bigfoot is fiberglass not aluminum . Once you use silicone you cannot change , other caulks will not stick to the residue from silicone
It's for a small hole in the siding,not a yearly reseal..It would have been better to see the actual hole then to guess how big etc but regardless silicone gets a bad rep on this forum and the internetas it is...One of my favorite replies to the silicone is junk theme from another poster..
Keystone RV and quite a few other brands use neutral cure silicone caulk on all metal to metal, metal to fiberglass, or metal to plastic joints / seams. Basically everything on the sidewalls except the gutter rails to roof. The only place dicor is used is at a seam that involves roof membrane.
Keystone uses Tremco Trempro 645. Its not the silicone you buy at the big box. Dow Corning 790 is another good neutral cure silicone specified for vehicle applications.
As with a lot of things on RV boards you need to wade through the BS. Idiots tried in the past to put cheap acetic cure silicone they bought at Big Lots or Ollies over poly or something else, probably without any type of test or prep to know what they were dealing with, and it failed. Then they posted it on some RV board, and away it went LOL.
