Mildew on rubber roof
I purchased a used 5th wheel in 2010. It has some milder spots on the rubber roof. I have thoroughly cleaned and scrubbed the roof every year with rubber roof cleaner but the spots get worse every y...
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rjsurfer wrote:Fresno Tundra Driver wrote:
Are you sure its mildew? The white is only the cover for the black rubber material underneath. As the white material wears off and exposes the black rubber it can look like mildew. If it looks worse after cleaning it may be that you are stripping off the white material.
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Ron
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There have been lots of threads on the subject of scrubbing down rubber RV roofs over the past couple of years, but the only possible benefit I've heard yet is that it might help to avoid black streaking from rain flowing down the side of the rig. Heck, I've had a rubber roof on our family room for 20+ years, and never considered washing it. Why would I do it on my fiver? Again, there may be good reasons, but I haven't heard one yet that makes sense to me.
