Lynn Rupper
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Has anyone had any experience with using the subject dicor Rubber Roof Coating and Primer/Cleaner. I need to do my 13 year old rubber roof on my slides. The RV rubber roof was replaced about 3 years ago, but the slides need some spiffying up.
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Lynn Rupper
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Gee, I guess nobody has tried it. I'll see if another forum knows the answer since you techies seem to be at a loss.
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Sorry Buddy. I saw your post earlier but can't really give you a thumbs up or down. I see people buying it all the time but the honest answer is I haven't heard good or bad about the products you speak. Thats the honest answer dude.
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Lynn Rupper
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Thanks. I guess I'll just try it and find out. I wouldn't want to do my whole roof with it, but the slides should be ok and hopefully I'll get a few more years use out of them.
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Let us know how it turns out, how difficult it was to apply, and how much it costs you. It should be especially helpful on the slides because they aren't exposed to the elements as much and aren't affected when towing. Have you also considered slide toppers?
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Lynn Rupper
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Actually I haven't considered slide toppers. They look to me to be more of a problem than they are worth. Looks like debris would collect under them.
I just spent 8 days in Scottsbluff, NE sitting out 50 mph winds and the Montana next to me had a slide topper flapping in the wind as the high winds had ripped it good. Then here in Cody the guy next to me had to bring his slides in every time the wind started blowing hard because he thought his toppers might rip.
Of course my slides require a good sweeping every time I get ready to move if I have been sitting under tress. It's starting to get hard to climb up on top just to sweep the slides.
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The toppers definitely have their disadvantages. I keep saying that when mine wear out, I'll probably not replace them just because they take a beating in some very windy places we camp at every year. I've never had any debris collect under them. I have had a sheet of ice two inches thick on one of them, however, and that was harder to deal with than if the ice had just been on the roof. But one of the advantages is that they are a second line of protection against leaks. That's what prompted my comment. That said, replacing the rubber roof on a slide is a somewhat easy project as I understand it. That's what makes me think I'll probably just go without the toppers once they wear out. Right now I'm holding them together with "Shoe Goo" and they are only three years old! I don't know this for sure, but I'll bet the rubber roof material is cheaper than the replacement fabric for the awnings.
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