Posted 2014-01-16 6:18 PM Subject: RE: Resealing the roof of aluminum trailer
Miss Southern Sunshine
Posts: 7427 Location: South Central Florida
I don't know if "resealed" is the right term for what we did. Our aluminum Sundowner had a pretty bad leak in the roof. When I got up there I could see where there is what looks like a gasket or sealer at the seams. It looked like it was dry rotted and flaking out from under the seam. It's a '94 so it was about 11 years old at the time.
What I did was purchase a product like the spray rubber stuff you see the commercials for, and a silver tape product that is for sealing leaks.
I cleaned everything with soap and water scrubbed everything very clean and removed anything loose I could get to move. I sprayed it with the spray on rubber stuff. I let that dry 24 hours. Then I used the tape product. I dont' know what it's called, but it looks like aluminum on one side but the under side looks like roof tar. It has a wax paper on the tar part. You peal off the waxy paper and lay it down over the seam and the rubber product.
I did that in 2005 and we have not had a leak since. I was up there the other day and I need to replace the aluminum tape in some places but don't have any leaks so far, just looks like it is starting to peal up.
Total cost was about $100. The spray rubber stuff was like $20 a can and I think I used about 2 cans but the tape was about $25 a roll and I know I used 2 rolls and I only did the dressing room part, not the horse part. Mine is a small 3h with a 4ft. short wall dressing room.
Posted 2014-01-17 12:13 PM Subject: RE: Resealing the roof of aluminum trailer
Miss Southern Sunshine
Posts: 7427 Location: South Central Florida
daisycake123 - 2014-01-16 8:22 PM Any rv supply sells the stuff that seals the seams. Just scrape old stuff off put new stuff down.
We did try something for sealing the seams that we got from an RV supply place. But I don't remember the name, it leaked. I did get the tape stuff from an RV place though. I found 1 roll but had to order the other from the internet.
Resealing the roof of aluminum trailer
