punctured epidermis/water intrusion/UPDATE
The camper has been on since February and been on several trips. I noticed a slice or puncture in the driver's front of the cabover about 6 weeks ago and did nothing about it. It's about 2 inches long...
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I have spent some time drying out cored boat laminate, and from that I have learned that air circulation is the key. Warm air is a little better, but any air is good. Dry air is definitely preferred, but you have that because of where you live. If you can get a fan, blower, cheap hair dryer (turn the heat off, just the blower), pressure side of a vacuum - whatever, duct tape to the hole and let it run for days. HomeDepot makes a very cheap (<$20) vacuum called the Bucket Head (goes on a 5 gallon bucket) that allows easy connection to the blow side. Tape it on a let it run for days. Open up every other hole you can conveniently get to to let air out. Let the blower run into them as well for another few days.
The problem with water trapped in a confined space is, it has no exit. Even if you get it to evaporate with heat, it can't leave so it finds a cold surface to recondense. Dry air picks it up and carries it out, and surprisingly quickly too.
A good boat yard would have a moisture meter that would allow you to check the inside panelling for moisture on the back side. They won't work on the aluminum siding though.
The problem with water trapped in a confined space is, it has no exit. Even if you get it to evaporate with heat, it can't leave so it finds a cold surface to recondense. Dry air picks it up and carries it out, and surprisingly quickly too.
A good boat yard would have a moisture meter that would allow you to check the inside panelling for moisture on the back side. They won't work on the aluminum siding though.
