I have a 2006 23ft Keystone Outback kargaroo and the front and parts of the side is starting to ripple. Is there a fix for this cuz we love our TT but those ripples are really bugging us and it looks like crap. We live in arizona, if it's asked.
We had a Crossroads Sunset Trail that suffered delamination caused by heat. It sat on a lot in Myrtle Beach NC for an entire summer facing west. We used it for three years, had CW repair the roof and it never got this bad. I sold it a few months ago to a neighbor who knew the entire history. He has done extensive renovation and found almost no water damage despite the delam. Never-the-less, it significantly reduced the value of the TT. Walk through any large campground and almost all of the fiberglass units over 5 years old will show some rippling. I think it is a shame! lizzie
My first thought, being in Arizona was heat/sun caused this. I know nothing about delamination, it just looks like some plastic we left out in the direct sun. Hopefully you can repair this without finding any hidden unwanted gems and not too large of a cost.
Tequila wrote: Wow, that is the worst case of delamination I have ever seen.
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there is an outback for sale at the local camping world that looks like that as well.. the sales manager said it is due to heat...might be worth pulling down the interior boards to get a look in there..
It gets worse when the outside temperature heats up, out here in AZ.. about 2 weeks ago it wasn't nearly that bad. The TT was normally stored under cover storage but since its been exposed, well you see by the picture. not exposed to rain cuz we don't get that, here in AZ, but exposed to direct hot sun...
I agree with ScottG and if you could get the outer skin(filon) off of the next layer (luan) you could glue it back on with a good contact cement. Just a guess on my part because up here in the pacific northwest where me and ScottG live that trailer would be a total loss due to water damage
Ah man, I'm sorry to hear that. However, if you can remove the trim and siding material, maybe you can re-adhere some new material. It's not hard or expensive work, just time consuming. The best of luck to you!
ScottG wrote: There is one other possibility though rare... About 6 or 7 years ago another manufacturer, Forest River, had issues with the adhesive they used in thier bonded walls. It caused the classic delamination of the outer skin just like water intrusion did, except there was no rot. If you begin taking it apart and don't find any rot then you may have similar problem but at least the repairs wont be too bad. I suggest you contact Keystone and see if they'll fess up to anything like this. FR ended up replacing many walls in affected trailers.
Yea Keystone is keeping a low level on this and are not doing any repairs, from what I'm hearing..
I just did a search on Keystone Delam and its very common in these trailers. here is a similar post on these forums. And Keystone will not fix them and I guess they fixed the issue in the newer models..
There is one other possibility though rare... About 6 or 7 years ago another manufacturer, Forest River, had issues with the adhesive they used in thier bonded walls. It caused the classic delamination of the outer skin just like water intrusion did, except there was no rot. If you begin taking it apart and don't find any rot then you may have similar problem but at least the repairs wont be too bad. I suggest you contact Keystone and see if they'll fess up to anything like this. FR ended up replacing many walls in affected trailers.
My apologies AZrattle. Where I live is very wet climate that causes delam. It may be possible to reglue that panel if you could seperate it in one piece.
