Executive wrote:
Waxing the roof makes it slippier and increases your fuel mileage.....Dennis
You betcha Dennis, I'm dead sure I went from 7.0 to 7.0000000000001 when I did it. Wow, that was a serious improvement!!;)
A fiberglass roof is a pretty tough cookie. It can take some serious neglect and, still keep on tick'n as the old "Timex" commercials used to say. But, fiberglass and, those roofs, also see some pretty harsh environments and, elements. Not to mention the old "Acid Rain" stuff too.
This is one of those things that, if you have the drive, the energy, the will power and all that other descriptive stuff, you'll get up there, wash it good with whatever soap and water plan you have, rinse it off and, let it dry good.
Then, normally, fiberglass is WAXED as a protection method. But, now days, RV dudes get up there and put all kinds of different coatings, applications, etc. I personally am not a fan of floor coatings on roofs but, it's just me. I have taken the time to get up there, use a buffing machine (Dewalt sander/buffer variable speed) along with rubbing and polishing compound.
When I was done, it looked like the pictures below. It took a couple of days due to the fact that it was about 95 outside and, I was in no hurry anyway. I take lots of breaks on jobs like this, CAUSE I CAN!
When done, it got waxed with Kit auto wax. Sure looked cool. It's lasted like that for about a year and half. It's about time for the same operation. But this time it's indoors with air conditioning.
Scott
This is one of those things that, if you have the drive, the energy, the will power and all that other descriptive stuff, you'll get up there, wash it good with whatever soap and water plan you have, rinse it off and, let it dry good.
Then, normally, fiberglass is WAXED as a protection method. But, now days, RV dudes get up there and put all kinds of different coatings, applications, etc. I personally am not a fan of floor coatings on roofs but, it's just me. I have taken the time to get up there, use a buffing machine (Dewalt sander/buffer variable speed) along with rubbing and polishing compound.
When I was done, it looked like the pictures below. It took a couple of days due to the fact that it was about 95 outside and, I was in no hurry anyway. I take lots of breaks on jobs like this, CAUSE I CAN!
When done, it got waxed with Kit auto wax. Sure looked cool. It's lasted like that for about a year and half. It's about time for the same operation. But this time it's indoors with air conditioning.
Scott
