craig333
Riley's Human
Time will tell if its a good idea or not.
I used Henry's tropi-cool at 59 dollars a gallon. I knew this would be a messy job but somehow I underestimated just how messy. I have a new set of painting clothes now Wouldn't have been quite so bad if I hadn't decided to go around the outer edge first but I wanted that to get a double coat.
Being in a hurry didn't help. I did this after work with rain forecast for the next day. I started peeling up all the loose sealant before using a stiff nylon brush which got out a lot of the loose sealant that didn't just peel up. Next I used a commercial cleaner and a soft brush to scrub the whole roof. Rinsed well and popped the rear to let the water run off. The sun was out with a light breeze so it didn't take long to dry. Next step was to mask off the camper with blue tape. You can see I left about an 1/8th of an inch overlap. Then on to the application. I used a 2" paintbrush and two rollers, one standard, one extra thin.
I should mention I did not remove the solar panels. Because of the way they're installed its a major pita to take them off. Should I have waited for a weekend of nice weather for this project? Sure but I'm not that bright.
Here is with the max trax reinstalled.
As forecast, it did rain the next day so I had to wait another day to go out and recoat whatever got missed, running right up to the recommeded 48hr recoat time.
As you can see, I got some coating on the panels, the rack bars, etc.
I do expect it will add a bit of hail protection. Supposed to last a lifetime. If for some I need to remove a screw? That might get interesting. Replace the vent? I hope I never have to find out. I'm pretty sure it won't leak now but we'll have wait a few years before I'm ready to recommend this for others.
I used Henry's tropi-cool at 59 dollars a gallon. I knew this would be a messy job but somehow I underestimated just how messy. I have a new set of painting clothes now Wouldn't have been quite so bad if I hadn't decided to go around the outer edge first but I wanted that to get a double coat.
Being in a hurry didn't help. I did this after work with rain forecast for the next day. I started peeling up all the loose sealant before using a stiff nylon brush which got out a lot of the loose sealant that didn't just peel up. Next I used a commercial cleaner and a soft brush to scrub the whole roof. Rinsed well and popped the rear to let the water run off. The sun was out with a light breeze so it didn't take long to dry. Next step was to mask off the camper with blue tape. You can see I left about an 1/8th of an inch overlap. Then on to the application. I used a 2" paintbrush and two rollers, one standard, one extra thin.
I should mention I did not remove the solar panels. Because of the way they're installed its a major pita to take them off. Should I have waited for a weekend of nice weather for this project? Sure but I'm not that bright.
Here is with the max trax reinstalled.
As forecast, it did rain the next day so I had to wait another day to go out and recoat whatever got missed, running right up to the recommeded 48hr recoat time.
As you can see, I got some coating on the panels, the rack bars, etc.
I do expect it will add a bit of hail protection. Supposed to last a lifetime. If for some I need to remove a screw? That might get interesting. Replace the vent? I hope I never have to find out. I'm pretty sure it won't leak now but we'll have wait a few years before I'm ready to recommend this for others.