What is a good clear sealant?
We finally brought home our new Grey Wolf 26BH! As I do with any camper I get, new or used, I want to reseal around the windows and seams. The problem I have this time is it has black window frames ...
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Silicone is an excellent sealer and adheres very well. Anyone that has worked with aquariums knows the tremendous pressures that a high quality silicon sealer will withstand.
The nature of travel trailers is that the joints tend to move a lot and pretty much every trailer will eventually need to be resealed. If the old caulk that needs to be resealed is silicone based it will have to have every trace removed before a new caulk will adhere at full strength. Removing every trace of old silicon caulk is a very labor intensive task. This is why silicon caulk is discouraged for RV exteriors. It is not that silicon won't adhere well it is because new caulk (even new silicone caulk) won't adhere well to surfaces where silicon has been previously unless the surface has been impeccably prepped.
RV repair facilities don't care if they are creating an eventual maintenance nightmare. They just do what ever is quickest, cheapest and takes the least amount of brain power.
The nature of travel trailers is that the joints tend to move a lot and pretty much every trailer will eventually need to be resealed. If the old caulk that needs to be resealed is silicone based it will have to have every trace removed before a new caulk will adhere at full strength. Removing every trace of old silicon caulk is a very labor intensive task. This is why silicon caulk is discouraged for RV exteriors. It is not that silicon won't adhere well it is because new caulk (even new silicone caulk) won't adhere well to surfaces where silicon has been previously unless the surface has been impeccably prepped.
RV repair facilities don't care if they are creating an eventual maintenance nightmare. They just do what ever is quickest, cheapest and takes the least amount of brain power.
