Spring Maintenance - roof and sealant?
So, I'm starting to contemplate spring maintenance as I'm 5 weeks away from the 1st trip of the season. Any tips beyond what this video suggests? HOW TO: Prevent RV Roof Leaks (Dicor Maint...
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Since the roof's of all my RV's have always been rubber, I've used only Rubber Roof cleaner on them. I know others use different cleaning solutions, but I'm a firm believer in using the product thats made for that product.
I keep a couple tubes of Dicor Lap Sealant on hand all the time. But in years and years of RV ownership with rubber roofs, I used it only 1 time. That was when the radio antenna needed to be reset. The base worked loose and I had to anchor it down again. So, I had to reseal with Dicor. I took that opportunity to go over all the existing places where Dicor was and did some touch up.
I attribute the lack of cracks in the sealant to the fact I'm not using any other product to wash my camper roof except RV rubber roof cleaner and conditioner. Folks discuss on these forums all the time about what product to wash the sides of their camper with. They look for products that won't strip off their latest wax job. But, with it comes to the roof of their camper, they will use just about anything which strips out the chemicals needed to keep the roof water tight! (It just doesn't make sense to me!)
I keep a couple tubes of Dicor Lap Sealant on hand all the time. But in years and years of RV ownership with rubber roofs, I used it only 1 time. That was when the radio antenna needed to be reset. The base worked loose and I had to anchor it down again. So, I had to reseal with Dicor. I took that opportunity to go over all the existing places where Dicor was and did some touch up.
I attribute the lack of cracks in the sealant to the fact I'm not using any other product to wash my camper roof except RV rubber roof cleaner and conditioner. Folks discuss on these forums all the time about what product to wash the sides of their camper with. They look for products that won't strip off their latest wax job. But, with it comes to the roof of their camper, they will use just about anything which strips out the chemicals needed to keep the roof water tight! (It just doesn't make sense to me!)
