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| Go to any RV supply place and buysome RV roof sealant. It comes in a paint can type size. Wait for a warm sunny day and completely coat the roof, around AC, vents etc. If you suspect a specific area thats leaking I have used the spray can rubber seal. That you can find at hardware stores like Home depot etc... |
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Location: Windoming | Make sure your air conditioner isn't loose. That is where many trailers start leaking, mine included. Our air conditioner ended up falling off! |
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| I've had someone say to use the Flex Seal they are advertising on tv now. It's leaking in a cabinet corner by the wall. I'm assuming the seam on the edge of the roof is leaking. I have already resealed it once, year before last. Apparently I didn't use the right thing. |
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| Thanks! I'll look at my air conditioner when I get home |
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Location: Not where I should be... | I used this stuff, Eternabond tape.... so easy
http://www.eternabond.com/RoofSeal-p/rv-rs.htm
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Location: Florida | If it is a seam silocone sealant will get it, comes in different colors. May sure the surface is clean and dry. |
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| I scraped and cleaned every inch of if off year before last. then put a tape down and put a cool seal for aluminum roofs on it. it lasted about a year. Someone told me that I need something that is rubbery and flexes since the trailer is moving down the road. Thanks for all your replies!
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| Vickie - 2017-01-05 4:06 PM
If it is a seam silocone sealant will get it, comes in different colors. May sure the surface is clean and dry.
Silicone will not permanently affix itself metal to metal ...
look at a silicone sealer as a temporary plug ...
AND FOR GOD'S SAKE AND YOUR TRAILER'S SAKE
DO NOT PAINT THE ENTIRE ROOF....
CREATES THE WORST FUTURE MESS YOU CAN IMAGINE ....
Stripe the seams that may be the cause of the leak especially 3 ft in front
of where the leak appears inside the trailer. Water can flow and
accumulate in the weirdest places from somewhere else ...
Do it neatly by using the blue tape used in painting interior rooms in a house
on both sides of the seam with a 2 inch gap ..
then paint you a nice strip on the seam working a light coat on at a time ..
While 2nd coat is still wet ... pull the blue tape off to leave a nice running
stripe down the seam.
If there is a gap in the seam and/or UNDER your air conditioner
or window leaks .... butyl rubber products are terrific to stop a leak.
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| BARRELHORSE USA - 2017-01-05 5:38 PM
Vickie - 2017-01-05 4:06 PM
If it is a seam silocone sealant will get it, comes in different colors. May sure the surface is clean and dry.
Silicone will not permanently affix itself metal to metal ...
look at a silicone sealer as a temporary plug ...
AND FOR GOD'S SAKE AND YOUR TRAILER'S SAKE
DO NOT PAINT THE ENTIRE ROOF....
CREATES THE WORST FUTURE MESS YOU CAN IMAGINE ....
Stripe the seams that may be the cause of the leak especially 3 ft in front
of where the leak appears inside the trailer. Water can flow and
accumulate in the weirdest places from somewhere else ...
Do it neatly by using the blue tape used in painting interior rooms in a house
on both sides of the seam with a 2 inch gap ..
then paint you a nice strip on the seam working a light coat on at a time ..
While 2nd coat is still wet ... pull the blue tape off to leave a nice running
stripe down the seam.
If there is a gap in the seam and/or UNDER your air conditioner
or window leaks .... butyl rubber products are terrific to stop a leak.
what do you suggest to use when painting the strip on the seam? |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I agree check your air conditioner first befor you start doing anything else, I had a leak for awhile could not find the spot that water could be coming from then one day I checked my air con and it was super loose so tighten up the screws and no more leaks..  |
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| SORRY FOR THE LENGTH:
As everyone has said check the AC first because there are only 4 bolts that hold your AC on & it's usually the culprit because a leak from there can travel down & land anywhere & make it look like the leak is somewhere else. very inportant if it is loose or if pulled up to check you really should replace the seal, they are inexpensive to replace. When replacing the seal you will need to lay a bead of waterproof flexible sealant then put the seal down then AC & tighten bolts evenly ( make sure to scrape the old off before putting on the new). Actually Very easy to do. Our AC units take a lot of abuse with weather & vibration going down the road. |
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| I tried the flex sealant in the can that's advertised on TV on a trailer. Never again, ended up costly in the end. I couldn't get it on thick enough but used ALOT of cans trying & still didn't work. We went to Lowes/Home depot for A Flexible paint on roofing sealant. It will come in a gallon can to brush on & in a few different colors. |
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Location: Not Where I Want to Be | Dicor Self Leveling sealant on the seams.
You can thank me later.
Also, don't do wat BHUSA said.
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BARRELHORSE USA - 2017-01-05 5:38 PM
Vickie - 2017-01-05 4:06 PM
If it is a seam silocone sealant will get it, comes in different colors. May sure the surface is clean and dry.
Silicone will not permanently affix itself metal to metal ...
look at a silicone sealer as a temporary plug ...
AND FOR GOD'S SAKE AND YOUR TRAILER'S SAKE
DO NOT PAINT THE ENTIRE ROOF....
CREATES THE WORST FUTURE MESS YOU CAN IMAGINE ....
Stripe the seams that may be the cause of the leak especially 3 ft in front
of where the leak appears inside the trailer. Water can flow and
accumulate in the weirdest places from somewhere else ...
Do it neatly by using the blue tape used in painting interior rooms in a house
on both sides of the seam with a 2 inch gap ..
then paint you a nice strip on the seam working a light coat on at a time ..
While 2nd coat is still wet ... pull the blue tape off to leave a nice running
stripe down the seam.
If there is a gap in the seam and/or UNDER your air conditioner
or window leaks .... butyl rubber products are terrific to stop a leak.
what do you suggest to use when painting the strip on the seam?
I wanted to double check the numbers I use ... so here they are ..
all 3 of these are flexible ...
DICOR 501 leveling//502 non-leveling .... for flat surfaces
DICOR 551 no sag for vertical surfaces
BONE TOOL plastic to remove any old beading
and a plastic ice scraper for patches ...
Plastic tools should not scratch or damage your aluminum ..
metal tools will gouge a hole in it ..
be careful anyway ... lol
AC units come with a little sticky picture frame rubber boot under the edges
that seals the AC to the top of the trailer ..
this gets old and unstuck with time ...
replace .. part runs around 20$$ .. and bead some Dicor around the edges
before screwing it back in place ... you want the Dicor to squish out from
under the AC unit ... do the screw heads too ..
GOOD LUCK ... pick a warm sunny day to do it .. above 40* ... lol
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| My husband resealed my entire trailer last year. Scraped all old sealer off and used an aluminum silicone from Lowe's. Don't use plain silicone. |
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Location: Not Where I Want to Be | iloveequine40 - 2017-01-07 9:45 AM My husband resealed my entire trailer last year. Scraped all old sealer off and used an aluminum silicone from Lowe's. Don't use plain silicone.
don't use silicon at all.
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| 1DSoon - 2017-01-07 9:32 AM
iloveequine40 - 2017-01-07 9:45 AM My husband resealed my entire trailer last year. Scraped all old sealer off and used an aluminum silicone from Lowe's. Don't use plain silicone.
don't use silicon at all.
And why would you say that? GE 100% silicone Adhesive will sick to any service. There are many products that can do this job but that most important thing is preparation. With out a clean and dry surface almost all products will fall. What ever product you use it should be UV protected. 3M silicone body sealant IMO would be excellent for this. |
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Location: Not Where I Want to Be | jbhoot - 2017-01-07 1:04 PM 1DSoon - 2017-01-07 9:32 AM iloveequine40 - 2017-01-07 9:45 AM My husband resealed my entire trailer last year. Scraped all old sealer off and used an aluminum silicone from Lowe's. Don't use plain silicone. don't use silicon at all.
And why would you say that? GE 100% silicone Adhesive will sick to any service. There are many products that can do this job but that most important thing is preparation. With out a clean and dry surface almost all products will fall. What ever product you use it should be UV protected. 3M silicone body sealant IMO would be excellent for this.
you may want to call every trailer manufacture in the country and tell them that then.
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| 1DSoon - 2017-01-07 2:16 PM
jbhoot - 2017-01-07 1:04 PM 1DSoon - 2017-01-07 9:32 AM iloveequine40 - 2017-01-07 9:45 AM My husband resealed my entire trailer last year. Scraped all old sealer off and used an aluminum silicone from Lowe's. Don't use plain silicone. don't use silicon at all.
And why would you say that? GE 100% silicone Adhesive will sick to any service. There are many products that can do this job but that most important thing is preparation. With out a clean and dry surface almost all products will fall. What ever product you use it should be UV protected. 3M silicone body sealant IMO would be excellent for this.
Your smart ass remark still does not answer the question. Why do you think that you should not use silicone adhesive? Have you actually looked at any product research or have you any experience in the field or are you just repeating something you heard and you think you know. Both products that I stated are widely used in the trailer manufacturing. GM uses 3M silicone body sealant in many of their products so maybe you should call their engineers and tell them you know better and shouldn't use it. |
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| jbhoot - 2017-01-07 2:58 PM
1DSoon - 2017-01-07 2:16 PM
jbhoot - 2017-01-07 1:04 PM 1DSoon - 2017-01-07 9:32 AM iloveequine40 - 2017-01-07 9:45 AM My husband resealed my entire trailer last year. Scraped all old sealer off and used an aluminum silicone from Lowe's. Don't use plain silicone. don't use silicon at all.
And why would you say that? GE 100% silicone Adhesive will sick to any service. There are many products that can do this job but that most important thing is preparation. With out a clean and dry surface almost all products will fall. What ever product you use it should be UV protected. 3M silicone body sealant IMO would be excellent for this.
Your smart ass remark still does not answer the question. Why do you think that you should not use silicone adhesive? Have you actually looked at any product research or have you any experience in the field or are you just repeating something you heard and you think you know. Both products that I stated are widely used in the trailer manufacturing. GM uses 3M silicone body sealant in many of their products so maybe you should call their engineers and tell them you know better and shouldn't use it.
Jb you are correct!
1D soon thanks for the expert advice. I'm sure had I called every trailer company and asked them "how" or "what" they used I would've gotten an earful of its commercial grade blah blah and I'd need to bring my trailer in so THEY could fix it and charge me a crap ton of $.
Pretty sure I can research, read and apply knowledge. It's called self sufficiency. Newsflash, there ARE still people in this world that can do things for themselves.
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Location: Not Where I Want to Be | iloveequine40 - 2017-01-07 4:26 PM jbhoot - 2017-01-07 2:58 PM 1DSoon - 2017-01-07 2:16 PM jbhoot - 2017-01-07 1:04 PM 1DSoon - 2017-01-07 9:32 AM iloveequine40 - 2017-01-07 9:45 AM My husband resealed my entire trailer last year. Scraped all old sealer off and used an aluminum silicone from Lowe's. Don't use plain silicone. don't use silicon at all.
And why would you say that? GE 100% silicone Adhesive will sick to any service. There are many products that can do this job but that most important thing is preparation. With out a clean and dry surface almost all products will fall. What ever product you use it should be UV protected. 3M silicone body sealant IMO would be excellent for this.
Your smart ass remark still does not answer the question. Why do you think that you should not use silicone adhesive? Have you actually looked at any product research or have you any experience in the field or are you just repeating something you heard and you think you know. Both products that I stated are widely used in the trailer manufacturing. GM uses 3M silicone body sealant in many of their products so maybe you should call their engineers and tell them you know better and shouldn't use it. Jb you are correct! 1D soon thanks for the expert advice. I'm sure had I called every trailer company and asked them "how" or "what" they used I would've gotten an earful of its commercial grade blah blah and I'd need to bring my trailer in so THEY could fix it and charge me a crap ton of $. Pretty sure I can research, read and apply knowledge. It's called self sufficiency. Newsflash, there ARE still people in this world that can do things for themselves.
you can do things for yourself till hearts content.
but if you're using the wrong product to do it yourself, are really that much further ahead?
And Hoot, the reason you don't use silicon is because that's not what it's for..
The Dicor self leveling is what ever **** trailer manf. int he country uses because(NEWSFLASH) that's what it's designed for.
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| 1DSoon - 2017-01-07 5:55 PM
iloveequine40 - 2017-01-07 4:26 PM jbhoot - 2017-01-07 2:58 PM 1DSoon - 2017-01-07 2:16 PM jbhoot - 2017-01-07 1:04 PM 1DSoon - 2017-01-07 9:32 AM iloveequine40 - 2017-01-07 9:45 AM My husband resealed my entire trailer last year. Scraped all old sealer off and used an aluminum silicone from Lowe's. Don't use plain silicone. don't use silicon at all.
And why would you say that? GE 100% silicone Adhesive will sick to any service. There are many products that can do this job but that most important thing is preparation. With out a clean and dry surface almost all products will fall. What ever product you use it should be UV protected. 3M silicone body sealant IMO would be excellent for this.
Your smart ass remark still does not answer the question. Why do you think that you should not use silicone adhesive? Have you actually looked at any product research or have you any experience in the field or are you just repeating something you heard and you think you know. Both products that I stated are widely used in the trailer manufacturing. GM uses 3M silicone body sealant in many of their products so maybe you should call their engineers and tell them you know better and shouldn't use it. Jb you are correct! 1D soon thanks for the expert advice. I'm sure had I called every trailer company and asked them "how" or "what" they used I would've gotten an earful of its commercial grade blah blah and I'd need to bring my trailer in so THEY could fix it and charge me a crap ton of $. Pretty sure I can research, read and apply knowledge. It's called self sufficiency. Newsflash, there ARE still people in this world that can do things for themselves.
but if you're using the wrong product to do it yourself, are really that much further ahead?
And Hoot, the reason you don't use silicon is because that's not what it's for..
The Dicor self leveling is what ever **** trailer manf. int he country uses because(NEWSFLASH) that's what it's designed for.
Who told you it was incorrect to use ALUMINUM silicone? The trailer manufacturer? You do realize you use products everyday that would be considered off label use. Take Dawn for instance, it's purpose is to wash dishes but you can also use it to wash your hands, bathe dogs to remove fleas, or oil from animals trapped in oilspills...all off label uses that work.
There's more than one way of doing things, there's more than one product available for those things.
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| 1DSoon - 2017-01-07 5:55 PM
iloveequine40 - 2017-01-07 4:26 PM jbhoot - 2017-01-07 2:58 PM 1DSoon - 2017-01-07 2:16 PM jbhoot - 2017-01-07 1:04 PM 1DSoon - 2017-01-07 9:32 AM iloveequine40 - 2017-01-07 9:45 AM My husband resealed my entire trailer last year. Scraped all old sealer off and used an aluminum silicone from Lowe's. Don't use plain silicone. don't use silicon at all.
And why would you say that? GE 100% silicone Adhesive will sick to any service. There are many products that can do this job but that most important thing is preparation. With out a clean and dry surface almost all products will fall. What ever product you use it should be UV protected. 3M silicone body sealant IMO would be excellent for this.
Your smart ass remark still does not answer the question. Why do you think that you should not use silicone adhesive? Have you actually looked at any product research or have you any experience in the field or are you just repeating something you heard and you think you know. Both products that I stated are widely used in the trailer manufacturing. GM uses 3M silicone body sealant in many of their products so maybe you should call their engineers and tell them you know better and shouldn't use it. Jb you are correct! 1D soon thanks for the expert advice. I'm sure had I called every trailer company and asked them "how" or "what" they used I would've gotten an earful of its commercial grade blah blah and I'd need to bring my trailer in so THEY could fix it and charge me a crap ton of $. Pretty sure I can research, read and apply knowledge. It's called self sufficiency. Newsflash, there ARE still people in this world that can do things for themselves.
but if you're using the wrong product to do it yourself, are really that much further ahead?
And Hoot, the reason you don't use silicon is because that's not what it's for..
The Dicor self leveling is what ever **** trailer manf. int he country uses because(NEWSFLASH) that's what it's designed for.
And as usual you show your ignorance you might try reading up on just what silicon adhesive sealant is because it is more than apparent you don't. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | jbhoot - 2017-01-07 7:12 PM 1DSoon - 2017-01-07 5:55 PM iloveequine40 - 2017-01-07 4:26 PM jbhoot - 2017-01-07 2:58 PM 1DSoon - 2017-01-07 2:16 PM jbhoot - 2017-01-07 1:04 PM 1DSoon - 2017-01-07 9:32 AM iloveequine40 - 2017-01-07 9:45 AM My husband resealed my entire trailer last year. Scraped all old sealer off and used an aluminum silicone from Lowe's. Don't use plain silicone. don't use silicon at all.
And why would you say that? GE 100% silicone Adhesive will sick to any service. There are many products that can do this job but that most important thing is preparation. With out a clean and dry surface almost all products will fall. What ever product you use it should be UV protected. 3M silicone body sealant IMO would be excellent for this.
Your smart ass remark still does not answer the question. Why do you think that you should not use silicone adhesive? Have you actually looked at any product research or have you any experience in the field or are you just repeating something you heard and you think you know. Both products that I stated are widely used in the trailer manufacturing. GM uses 3M silicone body sealant in many of their products so maybe you should call their engineers and tell them you know better and shouldn't use it. Jb you are correct! 1D soon thanks for the expert advice. I'm sure had I called every trailer company and asked them "how" or "what" they used I would've gotten an earful of its commercial grade blah blah and I'd need to bring my trailer in so THEY could fix it and charge me a crap ton of $. Pretty sure I can research, read and apply knowledge. It's called self sufficiency. Newsflash, there ARE still people in this world that can do things for themselves.
but if you're using the wrong product to do it yourself, are really that much further ahead?
And Hoot, the reason you don't use silicon is because that's not what it's for..
The Dicor self leveling is what ever **** trailer manf. int he country uses because(NEWSFLASH) that's what it's designed for.
And as usual you show your ignorance you might try reading up on just what silicon adhesive sealant is because it is more than apparent you don't.
Aww heck just use Duct tape and be done with it,,, Duct tape can fix anything,  |
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Location: Not Where I Want to Be | jbhoot - 2017-01-07 8:12 PM 1DSoon - 2017-01-07 5:55 PM iloveequine40 - 2017-01-07 4:26 PM jbhoot - 2017-01-07 2:58 PM 1DSoon - 2017-01-07 2:16 PM jbhoot - 2017-01-07 1:04 PM 1DSoon - 2017-01-07 9:32 AM iloveequine40 - 2017-01-07 9:45 AM My husband resealed my entire trailer last year. Scraped all old sealer off and used an aluminum silicone from Lowe's. Don't use plain silicone. don't use silicon at all.
And why would you say that? GE 100% silicone Adhesive will sick to any service. There are many products that can do this job but that most important thing is preparation. With out a clean and dry surface almost all products will fall. What ever product you use it should be UV protected. 3M silicone body sealant IMO would be excellent for this.
Your smart ass remark still does not answer the question. Why do you think that you should not use silicone adhesive? Have you actually looked at any product research or have you any experience in the field or are you just repeating something you heard and you think you know. Both products that I stated are widely used in the trailer manufacturing. GM uses 3M silicone body sealant in many of their products so maybe you should call their engineers and tell them you know better and shouldn't use it. Jb you are correct! 1D soon thanks for the expert advice. I'm sure had I called every trailer company and asked them "how" or "what" they used I would've gotten an earful of its commercial grade blah blah and I'd need to bring my trailer in so THEY could fix it and charge me a crap ton of $. Pretty sure I can research, read and apply knowledge. It's called self sufficiency. Newsflash, there ARE still people in this world that can do things for themselves.
but if you're using the wrong product to do it yourself, are really that much further ahead?
And Hoot, the reason you don't use silicon is because that's not what it's for..
The Dicor self leveling is what ever **** trailer manf. int he country uses because(NEWSFLASH) that's what it's designed for.
And as usual you show your ignorance you might try reading up on just what silicon adhesive sealant is because it is more than apparent you don't.
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Hello !!! duct tape can fix anything that needs fixing... And super glue, duct tape and super glue should do the job..
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| 1DSoon - 2017-01-06 4:13 PM
Dicor Self Leveling sealant on the seams.
You can thank me later.
Also, don't do wat BHUSA said.
Since you and BHUSA are taking about the same product, you are just farting in the breeze , too? Judging asking. |
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Location: Buffalo, TX | I don't have time to read the replies, but we have sealed aluminum roofs for over 13 years and here's how our shop does it...you have to acid wash the roof first and rinse it...that will open up the pores...right after it dries, use Plasti-Cote Alkyd Fibered roof coating. A gallon is around $50. It's hard to find the aluminum color anymore, so you might have to use white. This is a foolproof method and we charge $600 to do a horse trailer roof like this, so you save a lot doing it yourself, it's time consuming and you have to get it done all in the same day. |
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Location: North MS | I just replaced the sealant on 1/2 of my trailer this summer (with a 6 month old baby I was doing the best I could). I first removed ALL the old sealant down to bare metal. Easiest done with an 80 grit flap disc on an angle grinder. I tried a brass wire wheel- took forever. I use an angle grinder to trim my horses hooves during the summer when they get rock hard so I gave it a try. After this I wiped down with acetone. Next I peeled back about 2 feet of eternabond tape and applied with plastic paddle I use when I make my vinyl decals. I don't know its real name. about 3" wide and 4" tall. Just smoothes the tape into the crevices and over bends. One side of my trailer was leaking horribly and now no leaks! I will do the other side this summer. Shouldn't take very long since I got the kinks worked out. Material costs including acetone and grinder flap wheel- Maybe $150 at the most. |
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